The two-volume Encyclopedia of Glass Science, Technology, History, and Culture, edited by Pascal Richet, is a rich compendium of information spanning a vast number of aspects of the use of glass as a material.

The two volumes cover essential information on the structure of glass and its industrial applications and also contain articles on topics as diverse as electrochemistry, glass-metal interactions, displays, natural glasses, dental glass-ceramics, and glass in architecture. The length of the articles is appropriate (on the order of 15–20 pages), providing a valuable amount of information that can be read in one sitting. The work is divided into 10 themes, namely glassmaking, the physics and (separately) the chemistry of glass, inorganic and (separately) organic glass families, history, and other individual sections on structure, transport, environmental issues, and glass and light.