Sylvia Earle
Subtitle: deep-sea explorer
By: Susan Tyler Hitchcock ; introduction, Milbry Polk.
Series: Women explorers
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Earle, Sylvia A., 1935- -- Juvenile literature.; Earle, Sylvia A., 1935-; Women explorers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Underwater exploration -- Juvenile literature.; Deep diving -- Juvenile literature.; Women marine biologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Marine biologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Marine biology -- Juvenile literature.; Marine biologists.; Scientists.; Underwater exploration.; Women -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-117) and index.
Table of contents: title: Taking a walk with Jim; title: Pulled into the ocean, 1935-1952; title: Studying the underwater world, 1952-1963; title: Diving into marine biology, 1964-1969; title: The diver is a woman, 1970-1975; title: Diving adventures, human and otherwise, 1975-1980; title: The better to see the world underwater, 1980-1985; title: America's sturgeon general, 1985-1992; title: Hero of the planet, 1992-2003.