| Editor | James A. Maxwell |
| Art Director/Editor | Richard J. Berenson |
| Research Editor | Helen E. Fisher, Monica Borrowman, Patricia H. Murphy |
| Assistant Editor | Helen E. Fisher |
| Art Assistant | Evelyn S. Bauer, Janet G. Innacone |
| Photo/Picture Researcher | Margaret Mathews |
| Copy Editor | Rosemarie Conefrey |
| Series Secretary | Catherine A. McAleenan |
| Contributing Editor | Peter M. Chaitin |
| Chief Series Consultant | Stanley A. Freed, Ph.D. |
| Publisher | The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | United States |
| Copyright | 1978 |
| This Edition Published | 1984-10 |
| Pages / Font | 416 pages |
| ISBN | 0-89577-019-9 |
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