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

Fathoming the Ocean : : The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea / / Helen M. Rozwadowski.

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By the middle of the nineteenth 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 polit...

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Rozwadowski, Helen M.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2008
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword by Sylvia A. Earle
  • Chapter One. Fathoming the Fathomless
  • Chapter Two. The Undiscovered Country
  • Chapter Three. Soundings
  • Chapter Four. A Sea Breeze
  • Chapter Five. Dredging the Moon
  • Chapter Six. Small World
  • Epilogue
  • Notes. Acknowledgments. Index
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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