The one-volume ''Propædia'' is the first of three parts of the 15th edition of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', intended as a

compendium A compendium ( compendia or compendiums) is a comprehensive collection of information and analysis pertaining to a body of knowledge. A compendium may concisely summarize a larger work. In most cases, the body of knowledge will concern a specific ...

and topical organization of the 12-volume ''

Micropædia The 12-volume ''Micropædia'' is one of the three parts of the 15th edition of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', the other two being the one-volume '' Propædia'' and the 17-volume '' Macropædia''. The name ''Micropædia'' is a neologism coined b ...

'' and the 17-volume '' Macropædia,'' which are organized alphabetically. Introduced in 1974 with the 15th edition, the ''Propædia'' and ''Micropædia'' were intended to replace the Index of the 14th edition; however, after widespread criticism, the ''Britannica'' restored the Index as a two-volume set in 1985. The core of the ''Propædia'' is its Outline of Knowledge, which seeks to provide a logical framework for all human knowledge. However, the ''Propædia'' also has several appendices listing the staff members, advisors and contributors to all three parts of the ''Britannica''. The last edition of the print ''Britannica'' was published in 2010.''Encyclopaedia Britannica's Transformation''
in 2014) (transcript of a podcast) Bloomberg, cited 6 February 2014

''Outline of Knowledge''

Like the ''Britannica'' as a whole, the ''Outline'' has three types of goals: *

Epistemological Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called "the theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowled ...

: to provide a systematic,

hierarchical A hierarchy (from Greek: , from , 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another. Hierarchy is an importan ...

categorization Classification is the activity of assigning objects to some pre-existing classes or categories. This is distinct from the task of establishing the classes themselves (for example through cluster analysis). Examples include diagnostic tests, identi ...

of all human knowledge, a 20th-century analog of the

Great Chain of Being The great chain of being is a hierarchical structure of all matter and life, thought by medieval Christianity to have been decreed by God. The chain begins with God and descends through angels, Human, humans, Animal, animals and Plant, plants to ...

and

Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon argued for the importance of nat ...

's outline in '' Instauratio magna''. *

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

al: to lay out a course of study for each major discipline, a "roadmap" for learning a whole field. *

Organization An organization or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences) is an legal entity, entity—such as ...

al: to serve as an expanded Table of Contents for the ''

'' and '' Macropædia''. According to

Mortimer J. Adler Mortimer Jerome Adler (; December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, popular author and lay theologian. As a philosopher he worked within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. He taught at ...

, the designer of the ''Propædia'', all articles in the full ''Britannica'' were designed to fit into the ''Outline of Knowledge''. The ''Outline'' has 167 sections, which are categorized into 41 divisions and then into 10 parts. Each part has an introductory essay written by the same individual responsible for developing the outline for that part, which was done in consultation and collaboration with a handful of other scholars. In all, 86 men and one woman were involved in developing the ''Outline of Knowledge''. The ''Outline'' was an eight-year project of

, published 22 years after he published a similar effort (the '' Syntopicon'') that attempts to provide an overview of the relationships among the "Great Ideas" in Adler's ''

Great Books of the Western World ''Great Books of the Western World'' is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952, by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., to present the great books in 54 volumes. The original editors had three criteria for including a b ...

'' series. (The Great Books were also published by the Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.) Adler stresses in his book, ''A Guidebook to Learning: For a Lifelong Pursuit of Wisdom'', that the ten categories should not be taken as hierarchical but as circular.

1. Matter and Energy

The lead author was

Nigel Calder Nigel David McKail Ritchie-Calder (2 December 1931 – 25 June 2014) was a British science writer and climate change skeptic. Early life Nigel Calder was born on 2 December 1931. His father was Ritchie Calder. His mother was Mabel Jane For ...

, who wrote the introduction "The Universe of the Physicist, the Chemist, and the Astronomer". * 1.1

Atoms Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements. An atom consists of a nucleus of protons and generally neutrons, surrounded by an electromagnetically bound swarm of electrons. The chemical elements are distinguished from each other ...

** 1.1.1 Structure and Properties of Atoms ** 1.1.2 Atomic Nuclei and Elementary Particles * 1.2 Energy, Radiation, and States of Matter ** 1.2.1 Chemical Elements: Periodic Variation in Their Properties ** 1.2.2 Chemical Compounds: Molecular Structure and Chemical Bonding ** 1.2.3

Chemical Reactions A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. When chemical reactions occur, the atoms are rearranged and the reaction is accompanied by an energy change as new products ...

** 1.2.4 Heat, Thermodynamics, Liquids, Gases, Plasmas ** 1.2.5 The Solid State of Matter ** 1.2.6 Mechanics of Particles, Rigid and Deformable Bodies: Elasticity, Vibration, and Flow ** 1.2.7 Electricity and Magnetism ** 1.2.8 Waves and Wave Motion * 1.3 The

Universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents. It comprises all of existence, any fundamental interaction, physical process and physical constant, and therefore all forms of matter and energy, and the structures they form, from s ...

** 1.3.1 The Cosmos ** 1.3.2 Galaxies and Stars ** 1.3.3 The

Solar System The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Sola ...

2. The Earth

The lead author was Peter John Wyllie, who wrote the introduction "The Great Globe Itself". * 2.1 Earth's Properties, Structure, Composition ** 2.1.1 The Planet Earth ** 2.1.2 Earth's Physical Properties ** 2.1.3 Structure and Composition of the Earth's Interior ** 2.1.4 Minerals and Rocks * 2.2 Earth's Envelope ** 2.2.1 The Atmosphere ** 2.2.2 The Hydrosphere: the Oceans, Freshwater and Ice Masses ** 2.2.3 Weather and Climate * 2.3 Surface Features ** 2.3.1 Physical Features of the Earth's Surface ** 2.3.2 Features Produced by Geomorphic Processes * 2.4

Earth's History The natural history of Earth concerns the development of planet Earth from its formation to the present day. Nearly all branches of natural science have contributed to understanding of the main events of Earth's past, characterized by consta ...

** 2.4.1 Origin and Development of the Earth and Its Envelopes ** 2.4.2 The Interpretation of the Geologic Record ** 2.4.3 Eras and Periods of Geologic Time

3. Life

The lead author was René Dubos, who wrote the introduction "The Mysteries of Life". * 3.1 The Nature and Diversity of Life ** 3.1.1 Characteristics of Life ** 3.1.2 The Origin and Evolution of Life ** 3.1.3 Classification of Living Things * 3.2 The Molecular Basis of Life ** 3.2.1 Chemicals and the Vital Processes ** 3.2.2 Metabolism: Bioenergetics and Biosynthesis ** 3.2.3 Vital Processes at the Molecular Level * 3.3 The Structures and Functions of Organisms ** 3.3.1 Cellular Basis of Form and Function ** 3.3.2 Relation of Form and Function in Organisms ** 3.3.3 Coordination of Vital Processes: Regulation and Integration ** 3.3.4 Covering and Support: Integumentary, Skeletal, and Musculatory Systems ** 3.3.5 Nutrition: the Procurement and Processing of Nutrients ** 3.3.6 Gas Exchange, Internal Transport, and Elimination ** 3.3.7 Reproduction and Sex ** 3.3.8 Development: Growth, Differentiation, and Morphogenesis ** 3.3.9 Heredity: the Transmission of Traits * 3.4 The Behavior of Organisms ** 3.4.1 Nature and Patterns of Behavior ** 3.4.2 Development and Range of Behavioral Capacities: Individual and Group Behavior * 3.5 The Biosphere ** 3.5.1 Basic Features of the Biosphere ** 3.5.2 Populations and Communities ** 3.5.3 Disease and Death ** 3.5.4 Biogeographic Distribution of Organisms: Ecosystems ** 3.5.5 The Place of Humans in the Biosphere

4. Human Life

The lead author was Loren Eiseley, who wrote the introduction "The Cosmic Orphan". * 4.1 The Development of Human Life ** 4.1.1

Human Evolution ''Homo sapiens'' is a distinct species of the hominid family of primates, which also includes all the great apes. Over their evolutionary history, humans gradually developed traits such as Human skeletal changes due to bipedalism, bipedalism, de ...

** 4.1.2 Human Heredity: the Races * 4.2 The Human Body: Health and Disease ** 4.2.1 The Structures and Functions of the Human Body ** 4.2.2

Human Health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, pain ...

** 4.2.3 Human Diseases ** 4.2.4 The Practice of Medicine and Care of Health * 4.3 Human Behavior and Experience ** 4.3.1 General theories of human nature and behavior ** 4.3.2 Antecedent conditions and developmental processes affecting a person's behavior and conscious experience ** 4.3.3 Influence of the current environment on a person's behavior and conscious experience: attention, sensation, and perception ** 4.3.4 Current Internal states affecting a person' behavior and conscious experience ** 4.3.5 Development of Learning and Thinking ** 4.3.6 Personality and the Self: Integration and Disintegration

5. Society

The lead author was Harold D. Lasswell, who wrote the introduction "Man the Social Animal". * 5.1 Social Groups: Ethnic groups and Cultures ** 5.1.1 Peoples and Cultures of the World ** 5.1.2 The Development of Human Culture ** 5.1.3 Major Cultural Components and Institutions of Societies ** 5.1.4 Language and Communication * 5.2 Social Organization and Social Change ** 5.2.1 Social Structure and Change ** 5.2.2 The Group Structure of Society ** 5.2.3

Social Status Social status is the relative level of social value a person is considered to possess. Such social value includes respect, honour, honor, assumed competence, and deference. On one hand, social scientists view status as a "reward" for group members ...

** 5.2.4 Human Populations: Urban and Rural Communities * 5.3 The Production, Distribution, and Utilization of Wealth ** 5.3.1 Economic Concepts, Issues, and Systems ** 5.3.2 Consumer and Market: Pricing and Mechanisms for Distributing Goods ** 5.3.3 The Organization of Production and Distribution ** 5.3.4 The Distribution of Income and Wealth ** 5.3.5

Macroeconomics Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that deals with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole. This includes regional, national, and global economies. Macroeconomists study topics such as output (econ ...

** 5.3.6 Economic Growth and Planning * 5.4 Politics and Government ** 5.4.1

Political Theory Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and legitimacy of political institutions, such as states. This field investigates different forms of government, ranging from d ...

** 5.4.2 Political Institutions: the Structure, Branches, & Offices of Government ** 5.4.3 Functioning of Government: the Dynamics of the Political Process ** 5.4.4 International Relations: Peace and War * 5.5

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

** 5.5.1 Philosophies and Systems of Law; the Practice of Law ** 5.5.2 Branches of Public Law, Substantive and Procedural ** 5.5.3 Branches of Private Law, Substantive and Procedural * 5.6

** 5.6.1 Aims and Organization of Education ** 5.6.2 Education Around the World

6. Art

The lead author was

Mark Van Doren Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thin ...

, who wrote the introduction "The World of Art". * 6.1 Art in General ** 6.1.1 Theory and Classification of the Arts ** 6.1.2 Experience and Criticism of Art; the Nonaesthetic Context of Art ** 6.1.3 Characteristics of the Arts in Particular Cultures * 6.2 Particular Arts ** 6.2.1

Literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

** 6.2.2

Theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...

** 6.2.3

Motion Pictures A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

** 6.2.4

Music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

** 6.2.5

Dance Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

** 6.2.6 Architecture, Garden and Landscape Design, and Urban Design ** 6.2.7

Sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

** 6.2.8

Drawing Drawing is a Visual arts, visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface, or a digital representation of such. Traditionally, the instruments used to make a drawing include pencils, crayons, and ink pens, some ...

Painting Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

Printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proces ...

Photography Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...

** 6.2.9 Decoration and Design

7. Technology

The lead author was Lord Peter Ritchie-Calder, who wrote the introduction "Knowing How and Knowing Why". * 7.1 Nature & Development of Technology ** 7.1.1 Technology: Its Scope and History ** 7.1.2 The Organization of Human Work * 7.2 Elements of Technology ** 7.2.1 Technology of Energy Conversion and Utilization ** 7.2.2 Technology of Tools and Machines ** 7.2.3 Technology of Measurement, Observation, and Control ** 7.2.4 Extraction and Conversion of Industrial Raw Materials ** 7.2.5 Technology of Industrial Production Processes * 7.3 Fields of Technology ** 7.3.1 Agriculture and Food Production ** 7.3.2 Technology of the Major Industries ** 7.3.3 Construction Technology ** 7.3.4 Transportation Technology ** 7.3.5 Technology of Information Processing and of Communications Systems ** 7.3.6

Military Technology Military technology is the application of technology for use in warfare. It comprises the kinds of technology that are distinctly military in nature and not civilian in application, usually because they lack useful or legal civilian application ...

** 7.3.7 Technology of the Urban Community ** 7.3.8 Technology of Earth and Space Exploration

8. Religion

The lead author was

Wilfred Cantwell Smith Wilfred Cantwell Smith, (July 21, 1916 – February 7, 2000) was a Canadian Islamicist, comparative religion scholar, and Presbyterian minister. He was the founder of the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University in Quebec and later ...

, who wrote the introduction "Religion as Symbolism". * 8.1 Religion in General ** 8.1.1 Knowledge and Understanding of Religion ** 8.1.2 Religious Life: Institutions and Practices * 8.2 Particular Religions ** 8.2.1 Prehistoric Religion and Primitive Religion ** 8.2.2 Religions of Ancient Peoples ** 8.2.3 Hinduism and Other Religions of India ** 8.2.4

Buddhism Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

** 8.2.5 Indigenous Religions of East Asia: Religions of China, Korea, and Japan ** 8.2.6

Judaism Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of o ...

** 8.2.7

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

** 8.2.8

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

** 8.2.9 Other Religions and Religious Movements in the Modern World

9. History

The lead author was

Jacques Barzun Jacques Martin Barzun (; November 30, 1907 – October 25, 2012) was a French-born American historian known for his studies of the history of ideas and cultural history. He wrote about a wide range of subjects, including baseball, mystery novels, ...

, who wrote the introduction "The Point and Pleasure of Reading History". * 9.1 Ancient Southwest Asia, North Africa, and Europe ** 9.1.1 Ancient Southwest Asia and Egypt, the Aegean, and North Africa ** 9.1.2 Ancient Europe and Classical Civilizations of the Mediterranean to AD 395 * 9.2 Medieval Southwest Asia, North Africa, and Europe ** 9.2.1 The Byzantine Empire and Europe from AD 395–1050 ** 9.2.2 The Formative Period in Islamic History, AD 622–1055 ** 9.2.3 Western Christendom in the High and Later Middle Ages 1050–1500 ** 9.2.4 The Crusades, the Islamic States, and Eastern Christendom 1050–1480 * 9.3 East, Central, South, and Southeast Asia ** 9.3.1 China to the Beginning of the Late T'ang AD 755 ** 9.3.2 China from the Late T'ang to the Late Ch'ing AD 755–1839 ** 9.3.3 Central and Northeast Asia to 1750 ** 9.3.4 Japan to the Meiji Restoration 1868, Korea to 1910 ** 9.3.5 The Indian Subcontinent and Ceylon to AD 1200 ** 9.3.6 The Indian Subcontinent 1200–1761, Ceylon 1200–1505 ** 9.3.7 Southeast Asia to 1600 * 9.4 Sub-Saharan Africa to 1885 ** 9.4.1 West Africa to 1885 ** 9.4.2 The Nilotic Sudan and Ethiopia AD 550–1885 ** 9.4.3 East Africa and Madagascar to 1885 ** 9.4.4 Central Africa to 1885 ** 9.4.5 Southern Africa to 1885 * 9.5 Pre-Columbian America ** 9.5.1 Andean Civilization to AD 1540 ** 9.5.2 Meso-American Civilization to AD 1540 * 9.6 The Modern World to 1920 ** 9.6.1 Western Europe 1500–1789 ** 9.6.2 Eastern Europe, Southwest Asia, and North Africa 1480–1800 ** 9.6.3 Europe 1789–1920 ** 9.6.4 European Colonies in the Americas 1492–1790 ** 9.6.5 United States and Canada 1763–1920 ** 9.6.6 Latin-America and Caribbean to 1920 ** 9.6.7 Australia and Oceania to 1920 ** 9.6.8 South Asia Under European Imperialism 1500–1920 ** 9.6.9 Southeast Asia Under European Imperialism 1600–1920 ** 9.6.10 China until Revolution 1839–1911, Japan from Meiji Restoration to 1910 ** 9.6.11 Southwest Asia, North Africa 1800–1920, Sub-Saharan Africa 1885–1920: Under European Imperialism * 9.7 The World Since 1920 ** 9.7.1 International Movements, Diplomacy and War Since 1920 ** 9.7.2 Europe Since 1920 ** 9.7.3 The United States and Canada Since 1920 ** 9.7.4 Latin American and Caribbean Nations Since 1920 ** 9.7.5 China in Revolution, Japanese Hegemony ** 9.7.6 South and Southeast Asia: the Late Colonial Period and Nations Since 1920 ** 9.7.7 Australia and Oceania Since 1920 ** 9.7.8 Southwest Asia and Africa: the Late Colonial Period and Nations since 1920

10. Branches of Knowledge

The lead author was

, who wrote the introduction "Knowledge Become Self-conscious". * 10.1

Logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises based on the structure o ...

** 10.1.1 History and Philosophy of Logic ** 10.1.2 Formal Logic,

Metalogic Metalogic is the metatheory of logic. Whereas ''logic'' studies how logical systems can be used to construct valid and sound arguments, metalogic studies the properties of logical systems. Logic concerns the truths that may be derived using a lo ...

, & Applied Logic * 10.2

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

** 10.2.1 History and Foundations of Mathematics ** 10.2.2

Branches of Mathematics Mathematics is a broad subject that is commonly divided in many areas or branches that may be defined by List of mathematical objects, their objects of study, by the used methods, or by both. For example, analytic number theory is a subarea of n ...

** 10.2.3 Applications of Mathematics * 10.3

Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

** 10.3.1 History and Philosophy of Science ** 10.3.2 The Physical Sciences ** 10.3.3 The Earth Sciences ** 10.3.4 The Biological Sciences ** 10.3.5

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

** 10.3.6 The Social Sciences, Psychology, Linguistics ** 10.3.7 The Technological Sciences * 10.4 History and The Humanities ** 10.4.1

Historiography Historiography is the study of the methods used by historians in developing history as an academic discipline. By extension, the term ":wikt:historiography, historiography" is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiog ...

** 10.4.2 The Humanities and Humanistic Scholarship * 10.5

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

** 10.5.1

History of Philosophy The history of philosophy is the systematic study of the development of philosophical thought. It focuses on philosophy as rational inquiry based on argumentation, but some theorists also include myth, religious traditions, and proverbial lor ...

** 10.5.2 Divisions of Philosophy ** 10.5.3 Philosophical Schools and Doctrines * 10.6 Preservation of Knowledge ** 10.6.1 Institutions and Techniques for the Collection, Storage, Dissemination and Preservation of Knowledge

Contributors to the ''Outline of Knowledge''

Section 4.2.1 uses transparencies of organ systems originally commissioned by

Parke-Davis Parke-Davis is a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Although Parke, Davis & Co. is no longer an independent corporation, it was once America's oldest and largest drug maker, and played an important role in medical history. In 1970 ...

. Similar in design to the three-dimensional ''Visible Man'' and ''Visible Woman'' dolls designed by sculptor Marcel Jovine, successive plastic sheets reveal different layers of

human anatomy Human anatomy (gr. ἀνατομία, "dissection", from ἀνά, "up", and τέμνειν, "cut") is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the human body. Anatomy is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy. Gross ...

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''Outline of Knowledge''

Contents

1. Matter and Energy

2. The Earth

3. Life

4. Human Life

5. Society

6. Art

7. Technology

8. Religion

9. History

10. Branches of Knowledge

Contributors to the ''Outline of Knowledge''

See also

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