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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

Fathoming The Ocean

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Author : Helen Margaret Rozwadowski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

Fathoming The Ocean written by Helen Margaret Rozwadowski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Ocean categories.

Fathoming The Ocean

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Author : Helen M. Rozwadowski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

Fathoming The Ocean written by Helen M. Rozwadowski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Ocean bottom categories.

America S Ocean Wilderness

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Author : Gary Kroll
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

America S Ocean Wilderness written by Gary Kroll and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Examines a handful of famous ocean explorers and naturalists--including Jacque Cousteau, Thor Heyerdahl, and Rachel Carson, among others--to demonstrate how their work helped shape the way many Americans would think about, and interact with, the ocean.

Science

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Author : John Michels (Journalist)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Science written by John Michels (Journalist) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Science categories.

A weekly record of scientific progress.

International Journal Of Maritime History

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

International Journal Of Maritime History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Navigation categories.

Oceanography

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Oceanography written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Oceanography categories.

All About Undersea Exploration

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Author : Ruth Brindze
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960

All About Undersea Exploration written by Ruth Brindze and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Deep diving categories.

Describes undersea discoveries made by divers and oceanographers who explored the ocean, and discusses possibilities for future exploration and use of the seas.

The Musical World

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882

The Musical World written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with Music categories.

Vast Expanses

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Author : Helen M. Rozwadowski
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2018-10-15

Vast Expanses written by Helen M. Rozwadowski and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with History categories.

Much of human experience can be distilled to saltwater: tears, sweat, and an enduring connection to the sea. In Vast Expanses, Helen M. Rozwadowski weaves a cultural, environmental, and geopolitical history of that relationship, a journey of tides and titanic forces reaching around the globe and across geological and evolutionary time. Our ancient connections with the sea have developed and multiplied through industrialization and globalization, a trajectory that runs counter to Western depictions of the ocean as a place remote from and immune to human influence. Rozwadowski argues that knowledge about the oceans—created through work and play, scientific investigation, and also through human ambitions for profiting from the sea—has played a central role in defining our relationship with this vast, trackless, and opaque place. It has helped us to exploit marine resources, control ocean space, extend imperial or national power, and attempt to refashion the sea into a more tractable arena for human activity. But while deepening knowledge of the ocean has animated and strengthened connections between people and the world’s seas, to understand this history we must address questions of how, by whom, and why knowledge of the ocean was created and used—and how we create and use this knowledge today. Only then can we can forge a healthier relationship with our future sea.