Britannica Book of the Year 1985

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During the period 1938-2018 Encyclopædia Britannica published annually a "Book of the Year" covering the past year's events to be considered as a supplement to the Britannica encyclopedia. A given edition of the "Book of the Year" is named in terms of the year of its publication, though the edition actually covers the events of the previous year. Cover Title Contents Calendar 1985 Letter to the Reader FEATURE: Our Disintegrating World FEATURE: Nuclear Winter ARTICLES FROM THE 1985 PRINTING OF ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA Censorship Human Rights Faraday Lavoisier Planck Bibliography: Recent Books Chronology of Events of 1984 PEOPLE OF THE YEAR Biographies Nobel Prizes Obituaries EVENTS OF 1984 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SUPPLIES CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCES ECONOMIC AFFAIRS ENGINEERING PROJECTS HISTORIC PRESERVATION INDUSTRIAL REVIEW LIFE SCIENCES MILITARY AFFAIRS MUSIC RELIGION SPORTS AND GAMES SPORTS AND GAMES SPORTS AND GAMES WORLD AFFAIRS: AFRICA WORLD AFFAIRS: AFRICA WORLD AFFAIRS: EAST ASIA WORLD AFFAIRS: SOUTHEAST ASIA WORLD AFFAIRS: WESTERN EUROPE WORLD AFFAIRS: NORTH AMERICA WORLD AFFAIRS: LATIN AMERICA WORLD AFFAIRS: OCEANIA FLAGS OF THE NATIONS WORLD DATA Afghanistan Bhutan Comoros French Polynesia Iceland Kuwait Mexico Philippines South Africa Uganda Government and administrative subdivisions CONTRIBUTORS INDEX A B C D E F G H I J-K L M N O-P Q-R S T U V-W X-Y-Z