Here, at last, is the massively updated and augmented second edition of this landmark encyclopedia. It contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with

Offer more than six hundred entries on developments in Asia, Africa, the Islamic world, Native America, and the Pacific

The Encyclopaedia fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural stud ies. Reference works on other cultures tend either to omit science completely

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.