To follow the water : exploring the sea to discover climate from the Gulf Stream to the blue beyond...
To follow the water : exploring the sea to discover climate from the Gulf Stream to the blue beyond...
To follow the water : exploring the sea to discover climate from the Gulf Stream to the blue beyond / Dallas Murphy.
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Publisher
New York : Counterpoint, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N551.5246/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
1. Out there -- 2. The sea of darkness -- 3. Notes in a bottle -- 4. The geography of motion -- 5. Wind on the water -- 6. The hill in the ocean -- 7. Henry Stommel -- 8. Rings and "meso" things -- 9. Deep -- 10. Ocean weather -- 11. Out on line W -- 12. The switch -- 13. Hurricanes and CTDs -- 14....
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Publisher
New York : Counterpoint, 2007.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"In To Follow the Water, critically acclaimed author Dallas Murphy artfully recasts the story of human expansion and cultural development with the ocean playing the central role. Applying a novelist's eye for detail and a historian's drive for perspective, he connects the great ages of ocean exploration from Columbus, Magellan, and Cook to the deve...
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To follow the water : exploring the sea to discover climate from the Gulf Stream to the blue beyond / Dallas Murphy.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N551.5246/2
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74VKRjvDOPKZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRjvDOPKZ
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ISBN
9781582433509 (alk. paper)
158243350X (alk. paper)
DDC
551.5246
MMS ID
991023251659702626
