Pollution A‐Z

“Can you see the Great Milky Way where you live?” The preface to this book starts with this question. Pollution, in this case light pollution, affects the quality of our life. I have not seen the Milky Way in London since I was a child; I am lucky if I can see one of the constellations.

This is the second Gale family dictionary‐encyclopedia I have had for review. It follows the same format as Water Science and Issues and like that book it is well designed and robustly constructed, two very desirable features in a reference text. The contents are...