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Published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most remarkably successful books ever written about the natural world. Rachel Carson's rare ability to combine scientific insight with moving, poetic prose catapulted her book to first place on The New York Times best-seller list, where it enjoyed wide attention for thirty-one consecutive weeks. It remained on the list for more than a year and a half and ultimately sold well over a million copies,...
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English
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Investigates colossal ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100 feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories; waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a number of ships have vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something was brewing in the planet's waters. They found...
3) Chasing science at sea: racing hurricanes, stalking sharks, and living undersea with ocean experts
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University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
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Discusses the geographic features at the bottom of the oceans and how people explore them, and includes illustrations of the sea animals that live there.
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Publisher
Robert H. Stewart
Pub. Date
2008-
Language
English
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"This textbook covers physical-oceanographic processes, theories, data, and measurements, targeted at upper-division undergraduates and graduate students in oceanography, meteorology, and ocean engineering. In addition to the classical topics, the author includes discussions of heat fluxes, the role of the ocean in climate, the deep circulation, equatorial processes including El Nino, data bases used by oceanographers, the role of satellites and data...
11) Ocean optics
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Oxford monographs on geology and geophysics volume no. 25
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Presents a scientific expedition to fathom the ocean's mysteries.
Oceanography: Exploring Earth's Final Wilderness takes you on a scientific expedition to fathom the ocean's mysteries in 36 intensively illustrated half-hour lectures delivered by ocean scientist and Professor Harold J. Tobin of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, a researcher who has visited and mapped landscapes on the seabed that no human eyes had ever seen before. Oceanography...
