Academic Press
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Academic Press publishes reference books, serials and online products in the subject areas of:
- Communications engineering
- Economics
- Environmental science
- Finance
- Food science and nutrition
- Geophysics
- Life sciences
- Mathematics and statistics
- Neuroscience
- Physical sciences
- Psychology
Well-known products include the Methods in Enzymology series and encyclopedias such as The International Encyclopedia of Public Health and the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience.
See also
- Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (AVG) — the German predecessor, founded in 1906 by Leo Jolowicz (1868–1940), the father of Walter Jolowicz and father-in-law of Kurt Jacoby
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Further reading
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