A Guide to Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics: Encyclopedias

Offers concise definitions of statistical terms with accompanying diagrams and graphs.

This 3-volume set contains nearly 12,000 entries. Each article provides definitions, formulas, illustrations, websites, bibliographic information, and facts from mathematics, the sciences, and engineering.

Provides entries of people, organizations, and developments in the history of computing, "from the abacus to eBay."

Covers topics ranging across all scientific disciplines including the life sciences, earth and atmospheric sciences, physical sciences, medicine, and mathematics, as well as many areas of engineering and technology.

This gem can sometimes provide answers to the most arcane of questions, while conducting a tour through the history and traditions of mathematics. It is dated, so won't cover recent theory, but has excellent background material and is well indexed. Shelved in the stacks.