New for 2010, the updated Encyclopædia Britannica is unsurpassed, combining today's current topics with over 240 years of expertise and delivering more depth, breadth, and information than other encyclopedias. Readers can access quick facts or immerse themselves in detailed articles on almost any subject imaginable while enjoying the vivid and beautiful images on many subjects such as art, geography, science, sports, and much more.

More than 1,000 new and revised articles and 4,000 expert contributors!
• More than 23,000 fascinating biographies; new biographies of major world leaders include U.S. President Barack Obama, Dalai Lama XIV, Dmitry Medvedev, Evo Morales, Nicolas Sarkozy, Lee Myung-bak, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and Umaru Yar'Adua.

• Extensive revisions and new articles cover the latest on all school subjects, such as blogs, skateboarding, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Olympics, and the human genome.

• Updated geographical information about the Balkans, Central America, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Nepal, Russia, the United States, and other countries and regions. In total, new coverage for over 450 cities, countries, islands, rivers, and mountains.

• Hundreds of vivid new photographs and illustrations covering Native Indian Peoples, the human body, pack and sea ice, and other subjects.

• Unmatched accuracy with articles written by Nobel laureates, historians, curators, professors, and other experts. Dozens of new contributors include Arnold Palmer (professional golfer) on the Masters Tournament, Barry Schneider (Director of the U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center) on the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions, Elizabeth Prine Pauls (former State Archaeologist of Iowa) on Native American topics, and George P. Noon (Division Chief of Transplant Surgery at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine) on the Artificial Heart.

PRICE: $1,495
(Britannica Book of the Year is included at no additional charge).

VOLUMES: 32
PAGES: 32,640

ISBN: 978-1-59339-837-8
COPYRIGHT: 2010