The Sasol Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology is the ideal comprehensive reference source for Secondary School learners and Further Education and Training (FET) students. It also provides a useful reference resource for professional and general use.

There are 2 installation versions of the CD ROM;

1. Personal (Single User) version: the Book is licensed for one user on one PC. The user can make personal notes, bookmarks, highlights which are retained in the VirtualBook.
2. Library version: the Book is licensed per PC. Anyone can use the Book and can make notes, bookmarks and highlights, but at the end of the session, these are not retained.

The CD-ROM is interactive and includes:

• fully searchable text
• hyperlinks
• audio-and video-enhanced experiments and processes
• more than 330 full colour photos and illustrations.

There are more then 40 videos, covering topics such as:

• climate and weather systems
• nuclear power
• heart and blood systems
• skeleton
• electricity and magnetism
• Sun, Moon, Mars and the Milky Way.

There are more than 15 virtual models / games that you can interact with including:

• eye
• brain
• skeleton
• heart
• digestive system
• the Earth.

The Appendices offer 20 reference charts including:

• Periodic Table
• Measurement units and systems
• Boiling points and freezing points of elements
• Plant and animal groups
• Structure of Amino Acids

Preben Hartmann-Petersen - Senior lecturer, Copenhagen College of Laboratory Sciences, Denmark. Formerly a science educator in Africa with DANIDA.
Graeme Gerrans - Formerly Director: Information and Education Resources, Chemical and Allied Industries' Association, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Rasmus Hartmann-Petersen - Researcher in biotechnology at the August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.