03086nam 2200721 450 991081847400332120230508051351.01-4426-6360-X1-4426-9774-110.3138/9781442697744(CKB)2560000000054429(OCoLC)759157329(CaPaEBR)ebrary10442552(SSID)ssj0000484427(PQKBManifestationID)12180378(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484427(PQKBWorkID)10594339(PQKB)10647517(CEL)435066(CaBNvSL)slc00226114(DE-B1597)479415(OCoLC)987953946(DE-B1597)9781442697744(Au-PeEL)EBL4672941(CaPaEBR)ebr11258592(OCoLC)958572588(MiAaPQ)EBC4672941(MiAaPQ)EBC3272764(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105853(EXLCZ)99256000000005442920160926h20092009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe fluid envelope of our planet how the study of ocean currents became a science /Eric L. MillsToronto, [Canada] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2009.©20091 online resource (447 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4426-1270-3 0-8020-9697-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : The fluid envelope of our planet -- The way of the sea : knowledge of oceanic circulation before the nineteenth century -- Groping through the darkness : the problem of deep ocean circulation -- Boundaries built with numbers : making the ocean mathematical -- Evangelizing in the wilderness : dynamic oceanography comes to Canada -- 'Physische Meereskunde' : from Germany to physical oceanography in Berlin, 1900-1935 -- 'Decouverte de l'ocean' : Monaco and the failure of French oceanography -- Slipping away from Norway : dynamic oceanography comes to the United States -- Facing the Atlantic and the Pacific : dynamic oceanography re-emerges in Canada, 1930-1950 -- Studying The oceans and the oceans -- Appendix : Textbooks of physical oceanography.A detailed and beautifully written account of the history of oceanography, The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet is an engaging account of the emergence of a scientific discipline.OceanographyHistoryOceanographersBiographyBiographies.Biographies.History.Electronic books. OceanographyHistory.Oceanographers551.4609Mills Eric L.1936-1661920MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818474003321The fluid envelope of our planet4018129UNINA