Comprises articles on science and medicine extracted from the five-volume reference set Applied Science. Salem Press, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aeronautics and aviation -- Algebra -- Antiballistic missile defense systems -- Applied mathematics -- Applied physics -- Architecture and architectural engineering -- Artificial intelligence -- Artificial organs -- Audio engineering -- Avionics and aircraft instrumentation -- Biomechanical engineering -- Bionics and biomedical engineering -- Bioprocess engineering -- Bridge design and barodynamics -- Calculus -- Chaotic systems -- Charge-coupled devices -- Chemical engineering -- Civil engineering -- Climate engineering -- Climate modeling -- Climatology -- Coal gasification -- Coal liquefaction -- Communication -- Communications satellite technology -- Computer engineering -- Computer graphics -- Computer languages, compilers, and tools -- Computer networks -- Computer science -- Cryptology and cryptography -- Digital logic -- Earthquake engineering -- Earthquake prediction -- Ecological engineering -- Electrical engineering -- Electrical measurement -- Electric automobile technology -- Electrometallurgy -- Electronic materials production -- Electronics and electronic engineering -- Energy-efficient building -- Energy storage technologies -- Engineering -- Engineering mathematics -- Engineering seismology -- Environmental biotechnology -- Environmental engineering -- Enzyme engineering -- Fiber-optic communications -- Fluid dynamics -- Fossil fuel power plants -- Fractal geometry -- Game theory -- Geoinformatics -- Geometry -- Grammatology -- Hydraulic engineering -- Industrial pollution control -- Information technology -- Integrated-circuit design -- Internet and web engineering -- Landscape architecture and engineering -- Mechanical engineering -- Metallurgy -- Naval architecture and marine engineering -- Numerical analysis -- Paper engineering -- Parallel computing -- Pattern recognition -- Petroleum extraction and processing -- Plane surveying -- Plastics engineering -- Pneumatics -- Polymer science -- Probability and statistics -- Proteomics and protein engineering -- Pyrotechnics -- Quality control -- Radio -- Risk analysis and management -- Robotics -- Sanitary engineering -- Scanning probe microscopy -- Sewage engineering -- Software engineering -- Spacecraft engineering -- Space environments for humans -- Sports engineering -- Structural composites -- Submarine engineering -- Thermal pollution control -- Time measurement -- Topology -- Transportation engineering -- Trigonometry -- Typography -- Urban planning and engineering -- Video game design and programming -- Virtual reality -- Biographical dictionary of scientists -- Glossary -- Timeline.

A comprehensive volume that examines the relationship between engineering and mathematics, providing insight into the many ways in which both disciplines affect daily life.