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Fathoming the ocean : the discovery and exploration of the deep sea / / Helen M. Rozwadowski
| Fathoming the ocean : the discovery and exploration of the deep sea / / Helen M. Rozwadowski |
| Autore | Rozwadowski Helen M |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.46 |
| Soggetto topico |
Underwater exploration
Ocean bottom - Research Oceanography - History |
| ISBN |
0-674-26688-9
0-674-04294-8 |
| Classificazione | NU 1500 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword by Sylvia A. Earle -- Chapter One. Fathoming the Fathomless -- Chapter Two. The Undiscovered Country -- Chapter Three. Soundings -- Chapter Four. A Sea Breeze -- Chapter Five. Dredging the Moon -- Chapter Six. Small World -- Epilogue -- Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818118603321 |
Rozwadowski Helen M
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008, c2005 | ||
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The fluid envelope of our planet : how the study of ocean currents became a science / / Eric L. Mills
| The fluid envelope of our planet : how the study of ocean currents became a science / / Eric L. Mills |
| Autore | Mills Eric L. <1936-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (447 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.4609 |
| Soggetto topico |
Oceanography - History
Oceanographers |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4426-6360-X
1-4426-9774-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet -- 1 The Way of the Sea: Knowledge of Oceanic Circulation before the Nineteenth Century -- 2 Groping through the Darkness: The Problem of Deep Ocean Circulation -- 3 Boundaries Built with Numbers: Making the Ocean Mathematical -- 4 Evangelizing in the Wilderness: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to Canada -- 5 'Physische Meereskunde': From Geography to Physical Oceanography in Berlin, 1900B1935 -- 6 'Découverte de l'océan': Monaco and the Failure of French Oceanography -- 7 Slipping away from Norway: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to the United States -- 8 Facing the Atlantic and the Pacific: Dynamic Oceanography Re-emerges in Canada, 1930-1950 -- 9 Studying The Oceans and the Oceans -- Appendix: Textbooks of Physical Oceanography -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458645503321 |
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Mills Eric L. <1936->
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| Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The fluid envelope of our planet : how the study of ocean currents became a science / / Eric L. Mills
| The fluid envelope of our planet : how the study of ocean currents became a science / / Eric L. Mills |
| Autore | Mills Eric L. <1936-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (447 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.4609 |
| Soggetto topico |
Oceanography - History
Oceanographers |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Biographies.
History Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4426-6360-X
1-4426-9774-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791656903321 |
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Mills Eric L. <1936->
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| Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The fluid envelope of our planet : how the study of ocean currents became a science / / Eric L. Mills
| The fluid envelope of our planet : how the study of ocean currents became a science / / Eric L. Mills |
| Autore | Mills Eric L. <1936-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (447 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.4609 |
| Soggetto topico |
Oceanography - History
Oceanographers |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Biographies.
History Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4426-6360-X
1-4426-9774-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818474003321 |
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Mills Eric L. <1936->
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| Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on a century of exploration / / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor
| Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on a century of exploration / / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor |
| Autore | Berger Wolfgang H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (533 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.46 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ShorElizabeth Noble |
| Soggetto topico |
Underwater exploration - History
Ocean - History Oceanography - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-36076-0
9786612360763 0-520-94254-X |
| Classificazione | UT 3000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Introduction. Coping with a Sea of Change -- 1. Discovering the Ocean: Of Fish and Ships and People -- 2. A Portrait of the Ocean Planet: Elements of Ocean Literacy -- 3. Life at the Edge of a Fertile Sea: The Birthplace of Marine Science -- 4. Of Coral Reefs and Atolls: Stone Gardens of Tropical Seas -- 5. The Zen of the Beach: Musings on a River of Sand -- 6. Unraveling the Gulf Stream Puzzle: On a Warm Current Running North -- 7. Sardines and the California Current: On a Cold Current Running South -- 8. Meadows and Deserts of the Sea: On the Elusive Concept of Ocean Productivity -- 9. Of Whales and Sharks and Giant Squid: Reflections on the Big, the Strange, and the Powerful -- 10. The Deep, the Cold, the Dark: Life at the End of the Line -- 11. Seeing in the Dark: A Sound Approach to Exploration -- 12. Mountains, Trenches, Sunken Islands: The Great Revolution in Earth Science -- 13. The Ocean's Memory of the Ice Ages: The Endless Cycles of Climate Change -- 14. Abyssal Memories: A Thousand Holes in the Bottom of the Sea -- 15. Global Warming and the Ocean: Human Impact on a Greenhouse Planet -- Epilogue: The Great Trends in Exploration and the Challenges Ahead -- Appendix 1. Units Used in the Ocean Sciences -- Appendix 2. Aspects of Ocean Chemistry -- Appendix 3: Overview of Major Groups of Important Marine Organisms -- Appendix 4: Geologic Time Scale -- Appendix 5: Topographic Statistics -- Figure Sources and References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454826903321 |
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Berger Wolfgang H
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on a century of exploration / / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor
| Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on a century of exploration / / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor |
| Autore | Berger Wolfgang H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (533 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.46 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ShorElizabeth Noble |
| Soggetto topico |
Underwater exploration - History
Ocean - History Oceanography - History |
| ISBN |
1-282-36076-0
9786612360763 0-520-94254-X |
| Classificazione | UT 3000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Introduction. Coping with a Sea of Change -- 1. Discovering the Ocean: Of Fish and Ships and People -- 2. A Portrait of the Ocean Planet: Elements of Ocean Literacy -- 3. Life at the Edge of a Fertile Sea: The Birthplace of Marine Science -- 4. Of Coral Reefs and Atolls: Stone Gardens of Tropical Seas -- 5. The Zen of the Beach: Musings on a River of Sand -- 6. Unraveling the Gulf Stream Puzzle: On a Warm Current Running North -- 7. Sardines and the California Current: On a Cold Current Running South -- 8. Meadows and Deserts of the Sea: On the Elusive Concept of Ocean Productivity -- 9. Of Whales and Sharks and Giant Squid: Reflections on the Big, the Strange, and the Powerful -- 10. The Deep, the Cold, the Dark: Life at the End of the Line -- 11. Seeing in the Dark: A Sound Approach to Exploration -- 12. Mountains, Trenches, Sunken Islands: The Great Revolution in Earth Science -- 13. The Ocean's Memory of the Ice Ages: The Endless Cycles of Climate Change -- 14. Abyssal Memories: A Thousand Holes in the Bottom of the Sea -- 15. Global Warming and the Ocean: Human Impact on a Greenhouse Planet -- Epilogue: The Great Trends in Exploration and the Challenges Ahead -- Appendix 1. Units Used in the Ocean Sciences -- Appendix 2. Aspects of Ocean Chemistry -- Appendix 3: Overview of Major Groups of Important Marine Organisms -- Appendix 4: Geologic Time Scale -- Appendix 5: Topographic Statistics -- Figure Sources and References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778402803321 |
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Berger Wolfgang H
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ocean : reflections on a century of exploration / / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor
| Ocean : reflections on a century of exploration / / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor |
| Autore | Berger Wolfgang H |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (533 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.46 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ShorElizabeth Noble |
| Soggetto topico |
Underwater exploration - History
Ocean - History Oceanography - History |
| ISBN |
1-282-36076-0
9786612360763 0-520-94254-X |
| Classificazione | UT 3000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Introduction. Coping with a Sea of Change -- 1. Discovering the Ocean: Of Fish and Ships and People -- 2. A Portrait of the Ocean Planet: Elements of Ocean Literacy -- 3. Life at the Edge of a Fertile Sea: The Birthplace of Marine Science -- 4. Of Coral Reefs and Atolls: Stone Gardens of Tropical Seas -- 5. The Zen of the Beach: Musings on a River of Sand -- 6. Unraveling the Gulf Stream Puzzle: On a Warm Current Running North -- 7. Sardines and the California Current: On a Cold Current Running South -- 8. Meadows and Deserts of the Sea: On the Elusive Concept of Ocean Productivity -- 9. Of Whales and Sharks and Giant Squid: Reflections on the Big, the Strange, and the Powerful -- 10. The Deep, the Cold, the Dark: Life at the End of the Line -- 11. Seeing in the Dark: A Sound Approach to Exploration -- 12. Mountains, Trenches, Sunken Islands: The Great Revolution in Earth Science -- 13. The Ocean's Memory of the Ice Ages: The Endless Cycles of Climate Change -- 14. Abyssal Memories: A Thousand Holes in the Bottom of the Sea -- 15. Global Warming and the Ocean: Human Impact on a Greenhouse Planet -- Epilogue: The Great Trends in Exploration and the Challenges Ahead -- Appendix 1. Units Used in the Ocean Sciences -- Appendix 2. Aspects of Ocean Chemistry -- Appendix 3: Overview of Major Groups of Important Marine Organisms -- Appendix 4: Geologic Time Scale -- Appendix 5: Topographic Statistics -- Figure Sources and References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809663603321 |
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Berger Wolfgang H
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The sea [[electronic resource] ] : thalassography and historiography / / Peter N. Miller, editor
| The sea [[electronic resource] ] : thalassography and historiography / / Peter N. Miller, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, Mich., : University of Michigan Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.46 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MillerPeter N. <1964-> |
| Collana | The Bard Graduate Center cultural histories of the material world |
| Soggetto topico |
Oceanography - History
Seas - History Seas - Historiography Seas - Social aspects - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-472-02901-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The sea is the land's edge also / Peter N. Miller -- Two men in a boat : the Braudel-Goitein "correspondence" and the beginning of thalassography / Peter N. Miller -- Atlantic and Caribbean perspectives : analyzing a hybrid and entangled world / Wim Klooster -- Tide, beach, and backwash : the place of maritime histories / Nicholas Purcell -- The East Asian "Mediterranean" : a medium of flourishing exchange relations and interaction in the East Asian world / Angela Schottenhammer -- Metaphorical perspectives of the sea and the Sulu zone, 1768-1898 / James Francis Warren -- Connecting maritime and continental history : the Black Sea region at the time of the Mongol empire / Nicola di Cosmo -- An ocean of islands : islands, insularity, and historiography of the Indian Ocean / Roxani Margariti -- Skerries, haffs, and icefloes : small seas and maritime histories / David Kirby -- The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean world in the age of Peiresc / Peter N. Miller -- Afterthoughts: Histories in bottles / Sanjay Subrahmanyam. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462824203321 |
| Ann Arbor, Mich., : University of Michigan Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The sea : thalassography and historiography / / Peter N. Miller, editor
| The sea : thalassography and historiography / / Peter N. Miller, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : The University of Michigan Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.46 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MillerPeter N. <1964-> |
| Collana | The Bard Graduate Center cultural histories of the material world |
| Soggetto topico |
Oceanography - History
Seas - History Seas - Historiography Seas - Social aspects - History Ocean and civilization - History World history Material culture - History |
| ISBN | 0-472-02901-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The sea is the land's edge also / Peter N. Miller -- Two men in a boat : the Braudel-Goitein "correspondence" and the beginning of thalassography / Peter N. Miller -- Atlantic and Caribbean perspectives : analyzing a hybrid and entangled world / Wim Klooster -- Tide, beach, and backwash : the place of maritime histories / Nicholas Purcell -- The East Asian "Mediterranean" : a medium of flourishing exchange relations and interaction in the East Asian world / Angela Schottenhammer -- Metaphorical perspectives of the sea and the Sulu zone, 1768-1898 / James Francis Warren -- Connecting maritime and continental history : the Black Sea region at the time of the Mongol empire / Nicola di Cosmo -- An ocean of islands : islands, insularity, and historiography of the Indian Ocean / Roxani Margariti -- Skerries, haffs, and icefloes : small seas and maritime histories / David Kirby -- The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean world in the age of Peiresc / Peter N. Miller -- Afterthoughts: Histories in bottles / Sanjay Subrahmanyam. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786980503321 |
| Ann Arbor : , : The University of Michigan Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The sea : thalassography and historiography / / Peter N. Miller, editor
| The sea : thalassography and historiography / / Peter N. Miller, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : The University of Michigan Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.46 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MillerPeter N. <1964-> |
| Collana | The Bard Graduate Center cultural histories of the material world |
| Soggetto topico |
Oceanography - History
Seas - History Seas - Historiography Seas - Social aspects - History Ocean and civilization - History World history Material culture - History |
| ISBN | 0-472-02901-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The sea is the land's edge also / Peter N. Miller -- Two men in a boat : the Braudel-Goitein "correspondence" and the beginning of thalassography / Peter N. Miller -- Atlantic and Caribbean perspectives : analyzing a hybrid and entangled world / Wim Klooster -- Tide, beach, and backwash : the place of maritime histories / Nicholas Purcell -- The East Asian "Mediterranean" : a medium of flourishing exchange relations and interaction in the East Asian world / Angela Schottenhammer -- Metaphorical perspectives of the sea and the Sulu zone, 1768-1898 / James Francis Warren -- Connecting maritime and continental history : the Black Sea region at the time of the Mongol empire / Nicola di Cosmo -- An ocean of islands : islands, insularity, and historiography of the Indian Ocean / Roxani Margariti -- Skerries, haffs, and icefloes : small seas and maritime histories / David Kirby -- The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean world in the age of Peiresc / Peter N. Miller -- Afterthoughts: Histories in bottles / Sanjay Subrahmanyam. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820489703321 |
| Ann Arbor : , : The University of Michigan Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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