Dorling Kindersley Ultimate Visual Dictionary

This reference work is full of visual cutaways and exploded views, explaining the world around us with a combination of words and pictures and stretching from the prehistoric Earth to the digital camera. A combined dictionary and encyclopedia, this text contains over 31,500 terms and more than 5000 colour photographs. There is also a 52-page section devoted to technology in the modern world and an appendix incorporating general reference.