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The ENCYCLOPEDIA of
Science THIRD EDITION
VOLUME 6 Star cluster - Zooplankton General Index
K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, Editors
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CONTENTS
Topic List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Organization of the Encyclopedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi Entries Volume 1 (Aardvark–Chaos). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–818 Volume 2 (Charge-coupled device–Eye). . . . . 819–1572