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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781799703321

Autore

Hamblin Jacob Darwin

Titolo

Oceanographers and the cold war [[electronic resource] ] : disciples of marine science / / Jacob Darwin Hamblin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2005

ISBN

0-295-80185-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Disciplina

551.46/0973/09045

Soggetti

Oceanographers - United States

Oceanography - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-331) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Beginnings of postwar marine science and cooperation -- Oceanography's greatest patron -- The international geophysical year, 1957-1958 -- The new face of international oceanography -- Competition and cooperation in the 1960s -- Oceanography, East and West -- Marine science and marine affairs.