Fathoming the Ocean : The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea.

By:

Rozwadowski, Helen M

Contributor(s):

Earle, Sylvia

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674042940

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fathoming the OceanDDC classification:

551.46

LOC classification:

GC65

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Sylvia A. Earle -- 1 Fathoming the Fathomless -- 2 The Undiscovered Country -- 3 Soundings -- 4 A Sea Breeze -- 5 Dredging the Moon -- 6 Small World -- 7 Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary: By the middle of the 19th century, as scientists explored the frontiers of polar regions and the atmosphere, the ocean remained silent and inaccessible. The history of how this changed--of how the depths became a scientific passion and a cultural obsession, an engineering challenge and a political attraction--is the story that unfolds in this book.

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By the middle of the 19th century, as scientists explored the frontiers of polar regions and the atmosphere, the ocean remained silent and inaccessible. The history of how this changed--of how the depths became a scientific passion and a cultural obsession, an engineering challenge and a political attraction--is the story that unfolds in this book.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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