2015 Britannica Book of the Year - 1 Jun 2015
2015 BOOK OF THE YEAR ®
Foreword
Literature
SR: The Search for Earth-like Exoplanets
Analyzing Global Data on Religious Adherents 1900–2014
Physical Sciences
Life Sciences
Environment
SR: Challenges of Bringing Science to the Public
SR: Notable U.S. Supreme Court Decisions of the 2013–14 Term
SR: The Deep Web: the Internet’s Dark Side
SR: Flora and Fauna: Displaced by Climate Change
SR: Economic Inequality in the United States
SR: The Impact of Electronic Cigarettes on Public Health
SR: The Disputed Munich Art Trove
SR: Virulent Viruses: Ebola, Chikungunya, and MERS
SR: The Troubled 2014 Everest Climbing Season
Photo Essay: New Species of 2014
Notable Civil Engineering Projects (in work or completed, 2014)
SR: Common Core State Standards Initiative
SR: Notable Anniversaries of 2014
SR: Citizen Science: A Platform for Nonprofessionals
SR: The Centennial of World War I
SR: Entomophagy: Feeding the World with Insects
SR: Unprecedented Changes in Marijuana Policy
SR: The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
SR: The Militarization of the Police in the U.S.
SR: Centenary of the Panama Canal
Earth Sciences
Performing Arts
Art and Art Exhibitions
Computers and Information Systems
SR: Wearable Technology
SR: Auto-Tune
SR: Synthetic Biology
SR: One World Trade Center
SR: Shari'ah Law in Brunei
SR: Biomimicry
SR: De-extinction
SR: Amazon’s 20th Anniversary
SR: Light Painting Photography
SR: Streaming Television
Calendar
Disasters
Biographies
Obituaries
Business Overview
Nobel Prizes
Anthropology
Architecture
Fashions
Archaeology
THE SINKING OF THE SEWOL
World Affairs
SR: The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
SR: Euromaidan and the Conflict in Ukraine
SR: The XXII Olympic Winter Games
SR: Migrant Children and the U.S. Crisis of Policy
SR: NCAA College Sports at a Crossroads
SR: Airplane Tracking Technology
SR: Energy Warfare
SR: The Syrian Refugee Crisis
SR: Sports Roundup
SR: The U.S. Midterm Elections
SR: FIFA World Cup 2014
SR: Euroskepticism
THE INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 2014
WORLD DATA
Contributors
INDEX
Sporting Record
Countries of the World
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Disasters
The Sinking of the Sewol
Nobel Prizes
Biographies
Obituaries
The Centennial of World War I
Notable Anniversaries of 2014
Anthropology
Archaeology
Architecture
One World Trade Center
The Disputed Munich Art Trove
Light Painting Photography
Art and Art Exhibitions
Business Overview
The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
Centenary of the Panama Canal
Notable Civil Engineering Projects (in work or completed, 2014)
Notable Civil Engineering Projects (in work or completed, 2014) (continued)
Notable Civil Engineering Projects (in work or completed, 2014) (continued)
Notable Civil Engineering Projects (in work or completed, 2014) (continued)
Computers and Information Systems
The Deep Web: The Internet’s Dark Side
Wearable Technology
Earth Sciences
Flora and Fauna: Displaced by Climate Change
Economic Inequality in the United States
Common Core State Standards Initiative
The Environment
Fashions
The Impact of Electronic Cigarettes on Public Health
Entomophagy: Feeding the World with Insects
Virulent Viruses: Ebola, Chikungunya, and MERS
Notable U.S. Supreme Court Decisions of the 2013–14 Term
Unprecedented Changes in Marijuana Policy
Life Sciences
New Species of 2014
Citizen Science: A Platform for Nonprofessionals
Synthetic Biology
Biomimicry
De-extinction
Literature
Auto-Tune
INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2014
INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2014 (continued)
Physical Sciences
The Search for Earth-like Exoplanets
Challenges of Bringing Science to the Public
Amazon’s 20th Anniversary
Shari'ah Law in Brunei
Worldwide Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-2014
RELIGION: ANALYZING GLOBAL DATA ON RELIGIOUS ADHERENTS, 1900–2014
Religious Adherents in the United States of America, 1900–2010
The Militarization of the Police in the U.S.
Streaming Television
The Troubled 2014 Everest Climbing Season
Sports Roundup
The XXII Olympic Winter Games
FIFA World Cup 2014
NCAA College Sports at a Crossroads
Airplane Tracking Technology
World Affairs in 2014
Euromaidan and the Conflict in Ukraine
The U.S. Midterm Elections
Energy Warfare
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Migrant Children and the U.S. Crisis of Policy
Euroskepticism
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
World Affairs
AFGHANISTAN
ALBANIA
ALGERIA
ANDORRA
ANGOLA
ARGENTINA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARMENIA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHRAIN
BAHAMAS, THE
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELARUS
BELGIUM
BENIN
BELIZE
BHUTAN
BOLIVIA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BOTSWANA
BRAZIL
BULGARIA
BRUNEI
BURUNDI
BURKINA FASO
CAMBODIA
CABO VERDE
CAMEROON
CANADA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
COMOROS
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE
COSTA RICA
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
DOMINICA
ECUADOR
EAST TIMOR (TIMOR-LESTE)
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ERITREA
ESTONIA
ETHIOPIA
FIJI
FINLAND
FRANCE
GABON
GAMBIA, THE
GEORGIA
GERMANY
GHANA
GREECE
GUATEMALA
GRENADA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUINEA
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA
The Indian Parliamentary Elections of 2014
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAPAN
JAMAICA
KAZAKHSTAN
JORDAN
KENYA
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
KIRIBATI
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
KOSOVO
KUWAIT
KYRGYZSTAN
LAOS
LATVIA
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LESOTHO
LIBYA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACEDONIA
MADAGASCAR
MALAYSIA
MALAWI
MALI
MALDIVES
MALTA
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MAURITANIA
MEXICO
MAURITIUS
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF
MOLDOVA
MONACO
MONGOLIA
MONTENEGRO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR (BURMA)
NAURU
NAMIBIA
NEPAL
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
NORWAY
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PALAU
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
QATAR
RUSSIA
RWANDA
SAMOA
SENEGAL
SERBIA
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SWEDEN
SYRIA
TAIWAN (REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
TAJIKISTAN
THAILAND
TONGA
TURKEY
TUVALU
UGANDA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED STATES
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STATES 2014
VATICAN CITY STATE
World Data
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas, The
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros1
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark1
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
(Timor-Leste1)
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands1
Fiji
Finland
France1
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey1
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Réunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia1
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Sint Maarten1
Saint-Martin (Saint Martin)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia1
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan1,
Sudan, South
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Government and international organizations
Area and population
Major cities and national capitals
Language
Religion
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