Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia

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Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia is an encyclopaedia published in the United States. Currently in the 9th edition, it has been published in two volumes since the 6th edition . The 8th edition is available as two CD ROMs.

The first edition was published in 1938.

More than 4,000 pages long, the work provides a thorough scientific reference, while establishing a midpoint between massive multi-volume science encyclopedias and handheld reference books.

This work is sometimes compared to the McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.