To follow the water
Subtitle: exploring the sea to discover climate : from the Gulf Stream to the blue beyond
By: Dallas Murphy
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781582433509
Subjects: Ocean circulation; Climatic changes; Popular works; Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Description: The author artfully recasts the story of human expansion and cultural development with the ocean playing the central role. Applying a novelist's eye for detail and a historian's drive for perspective, he connects the great ages of ocean exploration from Columbus, Magellan, and Cook to the development of modern oceanography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: Out there; title: Sea of darkness; title: Notes in a bottle; title: Geography of motion; title: Wind on the water; title: Hill in the ocean; title: Henry Stommel; title: Rings and "meso" things; title: Deep; title: Ocean weather; title: Out on line W; title: Switch; title: Hurricanes and CTDs; title: "Graveyards of the Atlantic"; title: Choice; title: Overturning.