LEADER 03814nam 2200673 450 001 9910458645503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $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(MiAaPQ)EBC3272764 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672941 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(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,$d2009. 210 4$d©2009 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 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet -- $t1 The Way of the Sea: Knowledge of Oceanic Circulation before the Nineteenth Century -- $t2 Groping through the Darkness: The Problem of Deep Ocean Circulation -- $t3 Boundaries Built with Numbers: Making the Ocean Mathematical -- $t4 Evangelizing in the Wilderness: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to Canada -- $t5 'Physische Meereskunde': From Geography to Physical Oceanography in Berlin, 1900B1935 -- $t6 'Découverte de l'océan': Monaco and the Failure of French Oceanography -- $t7 Slipping away from Norway: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to the United States -- $t8 Facing the Atlantic and the Pacific: Dynamic Oceanography Re-emerges in Canada, 1930-1950 -- $t9 Studying The Oceans and the Oceans -- $tAppendix: Textbooks of Physical Oceanography -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aOceans have had a mysterious allure for centuries, inspiring fears, myths, and poetic imaginations. By the early twentieth century, however, scientists began to see oceans as physical phenomena that could be understood through mathematical geophysics. The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet explores the scientific developments from the early middle ages to the twentieth century that illuminated the once murky depths of oceanography.Tracing the transition from descriptive to mathematical analyses of the oceans, Eric Mills examines sailors' and explorers' observations of the oceans, the influence of Scandinavian techniques on German-speaking geographers, and the eventual development of shared quantitative practices and ideas. A detailed and beautifully written account of the history of oceanography, The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet is also an engaging account of the emergence of a scientific discipline. 606 $aOceanography$xHistory 606 $aOceanographers$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOceanography$xHistory. 615 0$aOceanographers 676 $a551.4609 700 $aMills$b Eric L.$f1936-$0991595 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458645503321 996 $aThe fluid envelope of our planet$92269396 997 $aUNINA LEADER 00931nam a2200229 i 4500 001 991004127079707536 005 20020509154423.0 008 000426s1999 fr ||| | fre 035 $ab1126892x-39ule_inst 035 $aPARLA195878$9ExL 040 $aDip.to Filosofia$bita 245 00$aPort-Royal et les memoires :$bactes du colloque organise par la Societe des Amis de Port-Royal 260 $aParis :$bBibliotheque Mazarine,$c1999 300 $a316 p. ;$c24 cm. 490 0 $aChroniques de Port-Royal ;$v48 500 $aActes du colloque organise par la Societe des Amis de Port-Royal, 17-18 septembre 1998. 907 $a.b1126892x$b23-02-17$c01-07-02 912 $a991004127079707536 945 $aLE005 MF 51 L 32$g1$i2005000065460$lle005$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i11432032$z01-07-02 996 $aPort-Royal et les memoires$9865816 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale005$b01-01-00$cm$da $e-$ffre$gfr $h0$i1