Exploration and science : social impact and interaction / Michael S. Reidy, Gary Kroll, Erik M. Conw...
Exploration and science : social impact and interaction / Michael S. Reidy, Gary Kroll, Erik M. Conw...
Exploration and science : social impact and interaction / Michael S. Reidy, Gary Kroll, Erik M. Conway.
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Santa Barbara, Calif. ; Oxford : ABC-CLIO, c2007.
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N303.483/ 272
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English
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xii, 371 p. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Navigating the oceans -- Ordering nature in the age of enlightenment -- Humboldt and the rise of the geophysical sciences -- Natural history in the nineteenth century -- Scientific exploration of a manifest America -- The exploratory tradition in the ocean sciences -- Human exploration under the sea...
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Santa Barbara, Calif. ; Oxford : ABC-CLIO, c2007.
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California
Date Published
c2007.
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"This volume ranges across nearly five centuries of human history to explore the intricate, mutually dependent relationship between science and exploration - how each has repeatedly built on the discoveries of the other and, in the process, opened new frontiers."--BOOK JACKET.
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Exploration and science : social impact and interaction / Michael S. Reidy, Gary Kroll, Erik M. Conway.
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Science and society.
Science and society.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2007.
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N303.483/ 272
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74VKORm53BkA
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1576079864 (pbk.) :
9781576079850 (cased) :
1576079856 (cased) :
9781576079867 (pbk.) :
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303.483
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991022474889702626
