The fluid envelope of our planet : how the study of ocean currents became a science / / Eric L. Mills
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| Autore: |
Mills Eric L. <1936->
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| Titolo: |
The fluid envelope of our planet : how the study of ocean currents became a science / / Eric L. Mills
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
| ©2009 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (447 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 551.4609 |
| Soggetto topico: | Oceanography - History |
| Oceanographers | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Biographies. |
| History | |
| Electronic books. | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The fluid envelope of our planet |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-6360-X |
| 1-4426-9774-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818474003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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