The World Book Year Book, 1980

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Reviews the events of 1979. For the Year in Focus section, the previous format of seven individual articles was replaced by a group discussion of the yearbook's board of editors. The special reports section has seven articles on the recent popularity of the science fiction genre, new uses for hypnosis, new discoveries of Jupiter by the Voyagers 1 and 2 spacecraft, recent advances in zoo veterinary practice, how public opinion polls work in connection to politics, the work being done during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration, and the recent rise of religious cults. The World Book Supplement has eight new or revised articles from the 1980 edition of the encyclopedia: "Dinosaur", "China", " Dominica", "Roseau", "Saint Lucia", "Solomon Islands", "Tuvalu", and "Funfuto",