Oceanographic History: The Pacific and BeyondKeith Rodney Benson, Philip F. Rehbock University of Washington Press, 2002 - 556 Seiten From a study of knowledge of the sea among indigenous cultures in the South Seas to inquiries into the subject of sea monsters, from studies of Pacific currents to descriptions of ocean-going research vessels, the sixty-three essays presented here reflect the scientific complexity and richness of social relationships that characterize ocean-ographic history. Based on papers presented at the Fifth International Congress on the History of Oceanography held at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (the first ICHO meeting following the cessation of the Cold War), the volume features an unusual breadth of contributions. Oceanography itself involves the full spectrum of physical, biological, and earth sciences in their formal, empirical, and applied manifestations. The contributors to Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond undertake the interdisciplinary task of telling the story of oceanography’s past, drawing on diverse methodologies. Their essays explore the concepts, techniques, and technologies of oceanography, as well as the social, economic, and institutional determinants of oceanographic history. Although focused on the Pacific, the geographic range of subjects is global and includes Micronesia, East Africa, and Antarctica; the bathymetric range comprises inshore fisheries, coral reefs, and the "azoic zone." The seventy-one contributors represent every continent of the globe except Antarctica, bringing together material on the history of oceanography never before published. |
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Alan Eugene Davis | 60 |
3 | 78 |
Svetlana G Sivkova | 103 |
Raraty | 124 |
Ramiro P Sánchez | 133 |
Richard A Schwartzlose and The History of Oceanography along the Mexican Pacific Coast | 167 |
Ann Savours The Oceanographic Work of Captain Scotts Discovery | 174 |
Rosalinde Rolfe Investigations of the Humboldt Current following a | 186 |
Mirko Orlić Four Centuries of Physical Oceanography in Croatia | 280 |
North American Oceanography and Marine Biology | 287 |
The Next Fifty Years | 351 |
Artur Svansson Swedish Oceanographic Instruments up to 1950 | 358 |
Jens Smed Early Attempts at Determination of the Salinity of Seawater | 369 |
David Irvine The Role of Spectra in Ocean Wave Physics | 378 |
Bruce H Robison Submersibles in Oceanographic Research | 387 |
Science in Japan | 405 |
The Voyage of | 194 |
Norberto della Croce Italian Contributions to the Knowledge of the | 204 |
Baruch Kimor DeepSea Plankton Exploration in Historical Perspective | 210 |
J Malcolm Walker School and Popular Marine Science Education in the | 224 |
David Dyrssen Anders Sparrman 17481820 | 230 |
His Influence Through | 248 |
Donald J McGraw Claude Zobell Hadal Bacteria and the Azoic Zone | 259 |
G Serpoinau and V Malciu The Pioneers of Oceanographic Research in Romania | 271 |
Makoto Omori One Hundred Years of the Sergestid Shrimp Fishing Industry | 417 |
A Study of | 423 |
An | 433 |
Coral Reef Research | 445 |
Relationships and Criteria | 468 |
Alan O Allwardt Evolution of the Tectogene Concept 19301965 | 480 |