Macropædia
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The Macropædia was a part of the 15th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, known as Britannica 3. This edition, published in 1974, was a significant undertaking, involving over 4,000 contributors from more than 100 countries. The Macropædia was designed to provide "Knowledge in Depth," offering longer, more comprehensive articles on broad topics. It was structured to reflect the interconnectedness of knowledge, complementing the shorter entries in the Micropædia (Ready Reference and Index) and the topical guide of the Propædia (Outline of Knowledge). The Macropædia was restructured in 1985, with hundreds of articles amalgamated and regrouped. Printings of the 15th edition continued into the 21st century, with a focus shifting to digital versions.12
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Encyclopædia BritannicaFifteenth edition…Micropædia: Ready Reference and Index, Macropædia: Knowledge in Depth, and Propædia: Outline of Knowledge. The articles in the Micropædia tended to be short, specific, and unsigned and were followed (until 1985) by index references to related content elsewhere in the set. The Micropædia also included brief summaries of the longer,…
Read More…Micropædia: Ready Reference and Index, Macropædia: Knowledge in Depth, and Propædia: Outline of Knowledge. The articles in the Micropædia tended to be short, specific, and unsigned and were followed (until 1985) by index references to related content elsewhere in the set. The Micropædia also included brief summaries of the longer,…
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encyclopaediaContent arrangement…Ready Reference and Index; and Macropædia, or Knowledge in Depth) represented an effort to design an entire set on the understanding that there is a circle of learning and that an encyclopaedia’s short informational articles on the details of matter within that circle as well as its long articles on…
Read More…Ready Reference and Index; and Macropædia, or Knowledge in Depth) represented an effort to design an entire set on the understanding that there is a circle of learning and that an encyclopaedia’s short informational articles on the details of matter within that circle as well as its long articles on…
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