The Discovery Of The Sea
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The Discovery Of The Sea
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Author : John Horace Parry
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1981
The Discovery Of The Sea written by John Horace Parry and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Science categories.
Fathoming The Ocean
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Author : Helen M. Rozwadowski
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2008-03-31
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 2008-03-31 with Science categories.
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 political attraction—is the story that unfolds in Fathoming the Ocean. 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.
The Lure Of The Sea
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Author : Alain Corbin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
The Lure Of The Sea written by Alain Corbin and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with History categories.
Corbin argues that with few exceptions people living before the eighteenth century knew nothing of the attractions of the coast, the visual delight of the sea, the desire to brave the force of the waves or to feel the coolness of sand against the skin. The image of the ocean in the popular consciousness was coloured by Biblical and mythical recollections of sea monsters, voracious whales, and catastrophic floods. It was perceived as sinister and unchanging, a dark, unfathomable force inspiring horror rather than attraction. These associations of catastrophe and fear in the minds of Europeans intensified the repulsion they felt towards deserted and dismal shores.
Man Upon The Sea
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Author : Frank Boott Goodrich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
Man Upon The Sea written by Frank Boott Goodrich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with Discoveries in geography categories.
Adventures In Ocean Exploration
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Author : Robert D. Ballard
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Release Date : 2001
Adventures In Ocean Exploration written by Robert D. Ballard and has been published by National Geographic Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Ocean travel categories.
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The Silent Deep
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Author : J. Anthony Koslow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-01-01
The Silent Deep written by J. Anthony Koslow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Deep-sea ecology categories.
Combines history, ecology and conservation. The story of the discovery of the deep sea, of mankind's understanding of the deep. Considers how man's activities are now affecting the hitherto pristine ocean depths, written by one of the world's leading deep-sea ecologists.
Telling Our Way To The Sea
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Author : Aaron Hirsh
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2013-08-06
Telling Our Way To The Sea written by Aaron Hirsh and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-06 with Nature categories.
A luminous and revelatory journey into the science of life and the depths of the human experience By turns epic and intimate, Telling Our Way to the Sea is both a staggering revelation of unraveling ecosystems and a profound meditation on our changing relationships with nature—and with one another. When the biologists Aaron Hirsh and Veronica Volny, along with their friend Graham Burnett, a historian of science, lead twelve college students to a remote fishing village on the Sea of Cortez, they come upon a bay of dazzling beauty and richness. But as the group pursues various threads of investigation—ecological and evolutionary studies of the sea, the desert, and their various species of animals and plants; the stories of local villagers; the journals of conquistadors and explorers—they recognize that the bay, spectacular and pristine though it seems, is but a ghost of what it once was. Life in the Sea of Cortez, they realize, has been reshaped by complex human ideas and decisions—the laws and economics of fishing, property, and water; the dreams of developers and the fantasies of tourists seeking the wild; even efforts to retrieve species from the brink of extinction—all of which have caused dramatic upheavals in the ecosystem. It is a painful realization, but the students discover a way forward. After weathering a hurricane and encountering a rare whale in its wake, they come to see that the bay's best chance of recovery may in fact reside in our own human stories, which can weave a compelling memory of the place. Glimpsing the intricate and ever-shifting web of human connections with the Sea of Cortez, the students comprehend anew their own place in the natural world—suspended between past and future, teetering between abundance and loss. The redemption in their difficult realization is that as they find their places in a profoundly altered environment, they also recognize their roles in the path ahead, and ultimately come to see one another, and themselves, in a new light. In Telling Our Way to the Sea, Hirsh's voice resounds with compassionate humanity, capturing the complex beauty of both the marine world he explores and the people he explores it with. Vibrantly alive with sensitivity and nuance, Telling Our Way to the Sea transcends its genre to become literature.
Adventures In Ocean Exploration
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Author : Robert D. Ballard
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Release Date : 2001
Adventures In Ocean Exploration written by Robert D. Ballard and has been published by National Geographic Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Traces the history of sea exploration, introducing some of the most notable seamen of the past and discussing the development of navigation and marine science; and provides photographs and narratives in which oceanographer Robert Ballard describes his adventures locating underwater wrecks, discovering life forms, and trying out new research technology.
The Discovery Of The Titanic
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Author : Robert D. Ballard
language : en
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Warner Books
Release Date : 1987
The Discovery Of The Titanic written by Robert D. Ballard and has been published by New York, N.Y. : Warner Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
Highlights the first-hand account of the exploration of the Titanic shipwreck
The Eternal Darkness
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Author : Robert D. Ballard
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2000
The Eternal Darkness written by Robert D. Ballard and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Science categories.
Until a few decades ago, the ocean depths were almost as mysterious and inaccessible as outer space. Oceans cover two-thirds of the earth's surface with an average depth of more than two miles--yet humans had never ventured more than a few hundred feet below the waves. One of the great scientific and archaeological feats of our time has been finally to cast light on the "eternal darkness" of the deep sea. This is the story of that achievement, told by the man who has done more than any other to make it possible: Robert Ballard. Ballard discovered the wreck of the Titanic. He led the teams that discovered hydrothermal vents and "black smokers"--cracks in the ocean floor where springs of superheated water support some of the strangest life-forms on the planet. He was a diver on the team that explored the mid-Atlantic ridge for the first time, confirming the theory of plate tectonics. Today, using a nuclear submarine from the U.S. Navy, he's exploring the ancient trade routes of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea for the remains of historic vessels and their cargo. In this book, he combines science, history, spectacular illustrations, and first-hand stories from his own expeditions in a uniquely personal account of how twentieth-century explorers have pushed back the frontiers of technology to take us into the midst of a world we could once only guess at. Ballard begins in 1930 with William Beebe and Otis Barton, pioneers of the ocean depths who made the world's first deep-sea dives in a cramped steel sphere. He introduces us to Auguste and Jacques Piccard, whose "Bathyscaph"descended in 1960 to the lowest point on the ocean floor. He reviews the celebrated advances made by Jacques Cousteau. He describes his own major discoveries--from sea-floor spreading to black smokers--as well as his technical breakthroughs, including the development of remote-operated underwater vehicles and the revolutionary search techniques that led to the discovery and exploration of the Titanic, the Nazi battleship Bismarck, ancient trading vessels, and other great ships. Readers will come away with a richer understanding of history, earth science, biology, and marine technology--and a new appreciation for the remarkable men and women who have explored some of the most remote and fascinating places on the planet.