Gr 10 Up-Though it covers a broad range of topics, this textbook-style survey suffers from arid, passive-voice prose and inadequate indexinga bad combination for a general reference resource. An opening pair of chapters covering the early history of physics is followed by 13 others, each taking up a single class of phenomena, from Translational Motion and Heat to Quantum Physics and Relativity. Myers closes with instructions for two dozen simple experiments and a brief look at careers in the physical sciences. He keeps the focus steadily on classical physics; students researching such cutting-edge topics as superstring theory, superconductivity, or quantum entanglement will find little or nothing here, and even subjects that are discussed in some detailquark flavors and colors, for exampleare not picked up in the skimpy index. In addition, several entries in the multimedia resource list are more than 20 years old. The text is supplemented by frequent equations, charts, and diagrams, plus the occasional drab black-and-white graphic. Libraries already owning an upper-level science encyclopedia, either online or in multiple volumes, will only find this useful as, at best, a supplementary resource. John Peters, New York Public Library