Masson (publisher)
Encyclopedia
Masson was a French publisher specialised in medical and scientific collections. In 1987, Masson purchased Armand Colin
. In turn, it became part of the City Group in 1994. In 2005, Masson merged with Elsevier France
, creating Elsevier Masson.
Armand Colin
Armand Colin is a historically important French publishing house created in 1870 by Auguste Armand Colin. It quickly became the principal publisher in the world of education, including higher education, with works for students and faculty in the human sciences, economics and education...
. In turn, it became part of the City Group in 1994. In 2005, Masson merged with Elsevier France
Elsevier
Elsevier is a publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature. It is a part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has operations in the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere....
, creating Elsevier Masson.
Notable publications
- In 1962, Masson published a French language translation of a book about a fictitious order called the RhinogradentiaRhinogradentiaThe Rhinogradentia are a fictitious mammal order documented by the equally fictitious German naturalist Harald Stümpke...
written by the German zoology professor Gerolf SteinerGerolf SteinerGerolf Steiner was a German zoologist.He was born on March 23, 1908 in Strasbourg, and occupied the chair of zoology at the University of Karlsruhe from 1962 to 1973. He is famous worldwide for a little book on the anatomy and habits of the Rhinogradentia, a fictitious order of mammals whose nose...
. - In 2000, in association with the language software company UltralinguaUltralinguaUltralingua is a single-click and drag-and-drop multilingual translation dictionary, thesaurus, and language reference utility. The full suite of Ultralingua language tools is available free online without the need for download and installation....
, the Masson French-English Medical Dictionary was published in electronic form for the MacintoshMacintoshThe Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
and Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
computer platforms.