Fathoming the Ocean The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea |
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| Author:
| Rozwadowski, Helen M. |
| Foreword by:
| Earle, Sylvia |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-02756-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Imprint: | Belknap Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.