Fluid Envelope of Our Planet: How the Study of Ocean Currents Became a Science - Rilegato

Mills, Eric L.

 
9780802096975: Fluid Envelope of Our Planet: How the Study of Ocean Currents Became a Science
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ISBN 10: 0802096972 ISBN 13: 9780802096975
Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 2009

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Oceans have had a mysterious allure for centuries, inspiring fears, myths, and poetic imaginations. By the early twentieth century, however, scientists began to see oceans as physical phenomena that could be understood through mathematical geophysics. The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet explores the scientific developments from the early middle ages to the twentieth century that illuminated the once murky depths of oceanography.

Tracing the transition from descriptive to mathematical analyses of the oceans, Eric Mills examines sailors' and explorers' observations of the oceans, the influence of Scandinavian techniques on German-speaking geographers, and the eventual development of shared quantitative practices and ideas. A detailed and beautifully written account of the history of oceanography, The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet is also an engaging account of the emergence of a scientific discipline.

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Editore
Univ of Toronto Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2009
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0802096972
ISBN 13 
9780802096975
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
434
Contatto del produttore
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