At Sea With The Scientifics
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At Sea With The Scientifics
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Author : Joseph Matkin
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1993-03-01
At Sea With The Scientifics written by Joseph Matkin and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-03-01 with Science categories.
When HMS Challenger sailed from Portsmouth in 1872, a young assistant ship's steward, Joseph Matkin, was among the crew. Throughout the three-and-a-half-year voyage, Matkin maintained a journal from which he composed the many letters he sent home to his family in England. In his letters he commented on oceanographic operations, reported on shipboard events of special concern to the crew, and discussed at length the history, geography, and peoples of the many exotic and remote ports at which the ship called on its famous circumnavigation of the globe. The Challenger expedition established the foundations of oceanography and is second only to Darwin's voyage aboard the Beagle for its contributions to nineteenth-century science. The massive quantity of specimens and information acquired was written up in the fity-volume series of Challenger Reports, and personal accounts were published by officers and scientists. No ocean voyage had ever been so well documented. Yet no account of the seaman's life "below decks" was known to exist until the early 1980s, when two substantial collections of Matkin's letters surfaced. The letters are unique in their perspective and fascinating for their depth and literacy. Matkin, the son of a printer, was well aware of the significance of the voyage and strove to present a learned account in a proper style. His letters convey a wealth of detail about shipboard logistics, the crew's attitudes toward scientific operations, and officer-scientist-crew relations. Unwittingly, Matkin also illuminates himself and the middle-class society of which he was a part. Matkin's letters, published here for the first time, bring freshness and immediacy to this great Victorian scientific enterprise. Philip F. Rehbock has edited and annotated the letters, providing a particularly readable work of travel literature for anyone interested in oceanography, voyaging, maritime social history, and naval affairs.
Down To The Sea For Science
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Author : Vicky Cullen
language : en
Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitution
Release Date : 2005
Down To The Sea For Science written by Vicky Cullen and has been published by Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Marine biology categories.
Fathoming The Ocean
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Author : Helen M Rozwadowski
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Fathoming The Ocean written by Helen M Rozwadowski and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Science categories.
“[An] amiable, in-depth examination of the most critical era for the development of modern oceanography” (Publishers Weekly). In a history at once scientific and cultural, Helen Rozwadowski shows us how the Western imagination awoke to the ocean's possibilities?in maritime novels, in the popular hobby of marine biology, in the youthful sport of yachting, and in the laying of a trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. The ocean emerged as important new territory, and scientific interests intersected with those of merchant-industrialists and politicians. Rozwadowski documents the popular crazes that coincided with these interests?from children's sailor suits to the home aquarium and the surge in ocean travel. She describes how, beginning in the 1860s, oceanography moved from yachts onto the decks of oceangoing vessels, and landlubber naturalists found themselves navigating the routines of a working ship's physical and social structures. Fathoming the Ocean offers a rare and engaging look into our fascination with the deep sea and into the origins of oceanography?origins still visible in a science that focuses the efforts of physicists, chemists, geologists, biologists, and engineers on the common enterprise of understanding a vast, three-dimensional, alien space. “Rozwadowski greatly expands our own understanding, all while telling a story that is original, wide-ranging, and illuminating.” —Margaret Deacon, Southampton Oceanography Centre, author of Science and the Sea: The Origins of Oceanography “Required reading for anyone wanting to understand how the oceans have come to play the role that they do in Western knowledge.” —Eric L. Mills, Dalhousie University and author of Biological Oceanography: An Early History, 1870-1960 “Chronicles the birth of deep-sea oceanography, from early observations by Benjamin Franklin to the voyage of HMS Challenger in the 1870s. [Rozwadowski] weaves a rich narrative from the world of renowned as well as lesser-known oceanographers.” —Nature
From Deep Sea To Laboratory 1
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Author : Frederic Aitken
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2019-04-09
From Deep Sea To Laboratory 1 written by Frederic Aitken and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-09 with Science categories.
The scientific expedition of H.M.S. Challenger in the 1870s marks the starting point of physical oceanography. This ship traveled the seas of the globe pursuing a dual objective: to conduct an in-depth study of animal life and to observe the physical properties of ocean waters. Volume 1, richly illustrated, relates the expedition of the Challenger and addresses the problems of measuring the great depths. A theoretical approach to the immersion velocity of a probe is also proposed, as well as a presentation of some results of bathymetric surveys and physical observations made by the Challenger scientists. From Deep Sea to Laboratory is available in three volumes for curious readers drawn to travel, history and science. Students, researchers and teachers of physics, fluid mechanics and oceanography will find material to deepen their knowledge.
Scientists And The Sea 1650 1900
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Author : Margaret Deacon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Scientists And The Sea 1650 1900 written by Margaret Deacon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Science categories.
1. The ancient world -- 2. The Middle Ages -- 3. The Renaissance -- 4. The seventeenth centurymovement towards a science of the sea -- 5. Theories and observations of tides -- 6. Marine science in the works of Robert Boyle -- 7. The currents in the Straits of Gilbraltar -- 8. Robert Hooke and the vanishing harvest -- 9. Reawakening interest in the sea, 1700-1800 -- 10. Widening horizons: the last quarter of the eighteenth century -- 11. Marine science in the early nineteenth century: a period of growth -- 12. Wild-meeting oceans: the study of tides -- 13. The threshold of the deep ocean -- 14. The magnificent generalization -- 15. The voyage of H.M.S. Challenger -- 16. Edinburgh and the growth of oceanography at the end of the nineteenth century -- Appendix 1. Propositions of some experiments to be made by the Earl of Sandwich in his present voyage -- Appendix 2. Experiments made by Captain Robert Holmes on 2 and 30 May 1663.
Neptune S Laboratory
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Author : Antony Adler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Neptune S Laboratory written by Antony Adler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Science categories.
We have long been fascinated with the oceans and sought "to pierce the profundity" of their depths. But the history of marine science also tells us a lot about ourselves. Antony Adler explores the ways in which scientists, politicians, and the public have invoked ocean environments in imagining the fate of humanity and of the planet.
Science At Sea
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Author : Tjeerd Hendrik Van Andel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Science At Sea written by Tjeerd Hendrik Van Andel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Ocean categories.
Chasing Science At Sea
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Author : Ellen Prager
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2009-05-15
Chasing Science At Sea written by Ellen Prager and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-15 with Science categories.
To the average office-dweller, marine scientists seem to have the good life: cruising at sea for weeks at a time, swimming in warm coastal waters, living in tropical paradises. But ocean scientists who go to sea will tell you that it is no vacation. Creature comforts are few and the obstacles seemingly insurmountable, yet an abundance of wonder and discovery still awaits those who take to the ocean. Chasing Science at Sea immerses readers in the world of those who regularly go to sea—aquanauts living underwater, marine biologists seeking unseen life in the deep ocean, and the tall-ship captains at the helm, among others—and tells the fascinating tale of what life—and science—is like at the mercy of Mother Nature. With passion and wit, well-known marine scientist Ellen Prager shares her stories as well as those of her colleagues, revealing that in the field ingenuity and a good sense of humor are as essential as water, sunblock, and GPS. Serendipity is invaluable, and while collecting data is the goal, sometimes just getting back to shore means success. But despite the physical hardship and emotional duress that come with the work, optimism and adventure prompt a particularly hardy species of scientist to return again and again to the sea. Filled with firsthand accounts of the challenges and triumphs of dealing with the extreme forces of nature and the unpredictable world of the ocean, Chasing Science at Sea is a unique glimpse below the water line at what it is like and why it is important to study, explore, and spend time in one of our planet’s most fascinating and foreign environments.
The Science Of The Sea
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Author : Clarence P. Idyll
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
Release Date : 1970
The Science Of The Sea written by Clarence P. Idyll and has been published by Thomas Nelson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Oceanography categories.
The Ocean
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Author : Sir John Murray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
The Ocean written by Sir John Murray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Ocean categories.