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The 17-volume Macropædia is the third part of the Encyclopædia Britannica; the other two parts are the 12-volume Micropædia and the 1-volume Propædia. The name Macropædia is a neologism coined by Mortimer J. Adler from the ancient Greek words for "large" and "instruction". Adler's intention was that the Macropædia serve students who wish to learn a field in depth; for comparison, the short articles of the Micropædia are intended for quick fact-checking.[1]
The volumes of the Encyclopædia Britannica. The Macropædia is the set of volumes 13 to 29, with single colour spines.
The Macropædia was introduced in the 15th edition (1974) with 19 volumes having 4,207 articles. In the drastic reorganization of that edition in 1985, these articles were combined and condensed into 17 volumes with roughly 700 articles, ranging in length from 2-310 pages. The longest article, on the United States, resulted from the merging of the 50 articles on each state. The articles of the Macropædia are generally written by named contributors and have references, in contrast to the roughly 65,000 articles of the Micropædia that have no named contributor and no references. However, some parts of the Macropædia were written by the editorial staff of the Britannica; such editorial articles are identified by the initials "Ed."
Since its reorganization, the Macropædia has not remained constant. New articles are constantly being added, whereas older articles are sometimes split, absorbed into other articles or drastically shortened or even deleted. An example of the latter is the 1989 article on Adhesives, which had its own article of 7 pages in the 1989 Macropædia but was merely a page in a different article of the 1991 edition.[citation needed]
macropædia, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, relies, largely, entirely, single, source, relevant, discussion, found, talk, page, please, h. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources Macropaedia news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2022 This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources March 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The 17 volume Macropaedia is the third part of the Encyclopaedia Britannica the other two parts are the 12 volume Micropaedia and the 1 volume Propaedia The name Macropaedia is a neologism coined by Mortimer J Adler from the ancient Greek words for large and instruction Adler s intention was that the Macropaedia serve students who wish to learn a field in depth for comparison the short articles of the Micropaedia are intended for quick fact checking 1 The volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica The Macropaedia is the set of volumes 13 to 29 with single colour spines The Macropaedia was introduced in the 15th edition 1974 with 19 volumes having 4 207 articles In the drastic reorganization of that edition in 1985 these articles were combined and condensed into 17 volumes with roughly 700 articles ranging in length from 2 310 pages The longest article on the United States resulted from the merging of the 50 articles on each state The articles of the Macropaedia are generally written by named contributors and have references in contrast to the roughly 65 000 articles of the Micropaedia that have no named contributor and no references However some parts of the Macropaedia were written by the editorial staff of the Britannica such editorial articles are identified by the initials Ed Since its reorganization the Macropaedia has not remained constant New articles are constantly being added whereas older articles are sometimes split absorbed into other articles or drastically shortened or even deleted An example of the latter is the 1989 article on Adhesives which had its own article of 7 pages in the 1989 Macropaedia but was merely a page in a different article of the 1991 edition citation needed See also editEncyclopaedia Britannica Ultimate Reference SuiteReferences edit Adler Mortimer J 2007 Circle of Learning The new Encyclopaedia Britannica 15th edition Chicago Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Macropaedia amp oldid 1080258326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
