Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science

Ebbesmeyer, Curtis,Scigliano, Eric

ISBN 10: 0061558419 / ISBN 13: 9780061558412

Editore: Smithsonian, 2009

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• Titolo: Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science
• Editore: Smithsonian
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0061558419
• ISBN 13: 9780061558412
• Rilegatura: hardcover
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

A pioneering oceanographer's assessment of the role of flotsam on world history describes how his volunteer team's efforts to track the ocean's currents revealed surprising discoveries about such subjects as the discovery of America, Japanese trade, and the origins of life; in an account that also makes observations about current environmental threats.

Informazioni sugli autori

Curtis Ebbesmeyer holds a Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of Washington. Media worldwide have turned to his expertise on ocean currents and floating objects. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Eric Scigliano, winner of Livingston and AAAS prizes for reporting, has written for Harper's, New Scientist, the New York Times, and many other publications. His books include Puget Sound, Michelangelo's Mountain, and Love, War, and Circuses.