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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.
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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.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: University of Toronto Press
- Seitenzahl: 400
- Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2011
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 726g
- ISBN-13: 9781442612709
- ISBN-10: 1442612703
- Artikelnr.: 33453399
- Verlag: University of Toronto Press
- Seitenzahl: 400
- Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2011
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 726g
- ISBN-13: 9781442612709
- ISBN-10: 1442612703
- Artikelnr.: 33453399
Eric L. Mills is a professor emeritus in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University and former director of the History of Science and Technology Program at the University of King’s College. He is the winner of the Jehuda Neumann Memorial Prize for the History of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the Royal Meteorological Society.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet 3
1 The Way of the Sea: Knowledge of Oceanic Circulation before the
Nineteenth Century 10
2 Groping through the Darkness: The Problem of Deep Ocean Circulation 44
3 Boundaries Built with Numbers: Making the Ocean Mathematical 82
4 Evangelizing in the Wilderness: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to Canada 111
5 'Physische Meereskunde': From Geography to Physical Oceanography in
Berlin, 1900?1935 137
6 'Découverte de l'océan': Monaco and the Failure of French Oceanography
162
7 Slipping away from Norway: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to the United
States 192
8 Facing the Atlantic and the Pacific: Dynamic Oceanography Re-emerges in
Canada, 1930?1950 232
9 Studying The Oceans and the Oceans 258
Appendix: Textbooks of Physical Oceanography 287
Notes 291
References 347
Index 419
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet 3
1 The Way of the Sea: Knowledge of Oceanic Circulation before the
Nineteenth Century 10
2 Groping through the Darkness: The Problem of Deep Ocean Circulation 44
3 Boundaries Built with Numbers: Making the Ocean Mathematical 82
4 Evangelizing in the Wilderness: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to Canada 111
5 'Physische Meereskunde': From Geography to Physical Oceanography in
Berlin, 1900?1935 137
6 'Découverte de l'océan': Monaco and the Failure of French Oceanography
162
7 Slipping away from Norway: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to the United
States 192
8 Facing the Atlantic and the Pacific: Dynamic Oceanography Re-emerges in
Canada, 1930?1950 232
9 Studying The Oceans and the Oceans 258
Appendix: Textbooks of Physical Oceanography 287
Notes 291
References 347
Index 419
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet 3
1 The Way of the Sea: Knowledge of Oceanic Circulation before the
Nineteenth Century 10
2 Groping through the Darkness: The Problem of Deep Ocean Circulation 44
3 Boundaries Built with Numbers: Making the Ocean Mathematical 82
4 Evangelizing in the Wilderness: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to Canada 111
5 'Physische Meereskunde': From Geography to Physical Oceanography in
Berlin, 1900?1935 137
6 'Découverte de l'océan': Monaco and the Failure of French Oceanography
162
7 Slipping away from Norway: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to the United
States 192
8 Facing the Atlantic and the Pacific: Dynamic Oceanography Re-emerges in
Canada, 1930?1950 232
9 Studying The Oceans and the Oceans 258
Appendix: Textbooks of Physical Oceanography 287
Notes 291
References 347
Index 419
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet 3
1 The Way of the Sea: Knowledge of Oceanic Circulation before the
Nineteenth Century 10
2 Groping through the Darkness: The Problem of Deep Ocean Circulation 44
3 Boundaries Built with Numbers: Making the Ocean Mathematical 82
4 Evangelizing in the Wilderness: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to Canada 111
5 'Physische Meereskunde': From Geography to Physical Oceanography in
Berlin, 1900?1935 137
6 'Découverte de l'océan': Monaco and the Failure of French Oceanography
162
7 Slipping away from Norway: Dynamic Oceanography Comes to the United
States 192
8 Facing the Atlantic and the Pacific: Dynamic Oceanography Re-emerges in
Canada, 1930?1950 232
9 Studying The Oceans and the Oceans 258
Appendix: Textbooks of Physical Oceanography 287
Notes 291
References 347
Index 419