Education, Science & Culture Titles
Beyond health and nutrition, Hopkins Technology has long published reference titles for the curious mind — works in geology, astronomy, natural history, fine art, travel, music and early learning. These titles share the same editorial philosophy as our health library: present knowledge clearly, illustrate it richly, and respect the reader's intelligence. For the health-focused catalog, see our health titles; for everything together, see the full products page.
Earth Science
- Physical Geology — a two-disc set of instructional still and video images, with explanations and an integrated glossary, intended as a visual companion to introductory geology.
- Active Faults Imagery — a study of earthquake science illustrated with video and aerial photography of active fault systems.
Natural History & Astronomy
- Butterflies of North America — a natural history and field guide, richly illustrated, surveying the continent's butterflies.
- Amazing Universe — a visual journey through the cosmos, exploring our understanding of the universe past, present and future.
Art, Travel & Music
- Fine Arts of China — a photographic history spanning roughly ten thousand years of Chinese art.
- China! The Grand Tour — a visual travel tour for the armchair explorer.
- Classical Notes — fully indexed program notes on nearly two thousand orchestral works, for concertgoers and students of music alike.
Early Learning
- My First Steps to Math — an early-learning title introducing foundational number concepts to young children.
The Multimedia Reference Approach
What ties these very different subjects together is a shared approach to learning. Each title was built to pair clear, organized explanation with rich visual material — photographs, illustrations, diagrams, video and, in several cases, narration. The aim was always the same: to make a complex subject approachable for the curious general reader, not only the specialist. A field guide becomes more useful when you can see the species; a geology lesson lands more firmly when you can examine the rock; a tour of distant art or landscapes means more when it is genuinely visual. That conviction — that good reference publishing should show as well as tell — runs through every title in the catalog, health and education alike.
About These Titles
These works were published on CD-ROM for personal computers, and some were also offered as Internet subscriptions. They are presented here as an authentic record of the company's catalog and its long history in multimedia reference publishing. For trusted science and education resources online, see the Smithsonian's learning resources at Smithsonian Education and the U.S. Geological Survey at USGS.