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The Sea Around Us
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Rachel Carson, Ann H. Zwinger (Introduction by)
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Price includes NZ wide delivery! Ships from USA supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback, 278 pages, New edition Edition | | Other Information: | Illustrations | | Published In: | United Kingdom, 10 April 1997 |
Here is the strange story of the seas - how they were born, how life emerged from them, and the marine world within them. Rachel Carson's writing teems with images - the newly-formed Earth cooling beneath an endlessly overcast sky; volcanic action throwing up huge masses on the ocean floor to create immense mountains and desolate canyons; giant squid battling sperm-whales hundreds of fathoms below the surface. A new chapter by Jeffrey Levinton, brings the science of "The Sea Around Us" up to date. Levinton incorporates the most recent thinking on continental drift, coral reefs, the spread of the ocean floor, the deterioration of the oceans, mass extinction of sea life, and many other topics. First published in 1951, this work won the National Book Award. |
Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1: The Mother Sea. 2: The Restless Sea. 3: Man and the Sea About Him. Suggestions for Further Reading About the Author
The late Rachel Carson was for many years a marine biologist and then editor-in-chief of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. She was also the author of Silent Spring, Under the Sea Wind, and At the Edge of the Sea. Jeffrey Levinton teaches at the State University f New York at Stony Brook and is the author of Marine Ecology. Ann Zwinger is the author of A Desert Country Near the Sea, Beyond the Aspen Grove, and Run, River, Run.
| Publisher: | Oxford Paperbacks | | ISBN: | 0195069978 |
| EAN: | 9780195069976 | | Dimensions: | 20.0 x 13.0 x 1.0 centimeters (0.24 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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