LEADER 03086nam 2200721 450 001 9910791656903321 005 20230508051351.0 010 $a1-4426-6360-X 010 $a1-4426-9774-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442697744 035 $a(CKB)2560000000054429 035 $a(OCoLC)759157329 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10442552 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484427 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12180378 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484427 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594339 035 $a(PQKB)10647517 035 $a(CEL)435066 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00226114 035 $a(DE-B1597)479415 035 $a(OCoLC)987953946 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442697744 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672941 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258592 035 $a(OCoLC)958572588 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672941 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3272764 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105853 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000054429 100 $a20160926h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe fluid envelope of our planet $ehow the study of ocean currents became a science /$fEric L. Mills 210 1$aToronto, [Canada] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (447 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4426-1270-3 311 $a0-8020-9697-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aA 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. 606 $aOceanography$xHistory 606 $aOceanographers$vBiography 608 $aBiographies. 608 $aBiographies. 608 $aHistory. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOceanography$xHistory. 615 0$aOceanographers 676 $a551.4609 700 $aMills$b Eric L.$f1936-$01513573 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791656903321 996 $aThe fluid envelope of our planet$93748141 997 $aUNINA