Book ID: CBB000201297

Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (2002)

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Benson, Keith Rodney (Editor)
Rehbock, Philip F. (Editor)


University of Washington Press
Publication date: 2002
Language: English


Publication Date: 2002
Edition Details: Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on the History of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, July 1993
Physical Details: xii + 556 pp., illus., tables, index

Description Contains 63 essays on all aspects of the history of oceanography world-wide. Especially relevant articles entered separately.


Reviewed By

Review Han, Ki Won (2003) Review of "Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond". Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences. unapi

Review Rainger, Ronald (2003) Review of "Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 508). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Friedman, Robert Marc (2002) Contexts for Constructing an Ocean Science: The Career of Harald Ulrik Severdrup (1888--1957). In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 17). unapi

Chapter Lyons, Sherrie (2002) Sea Monsters: Myth or Genuine Relic of the Past. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 60). unapi

Chapter Alekseev, Arkady V.; Rostov, Igor D. (2002) Russian Oceanographic Investigations of the Pacific Ocean: History and Some Results. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 96). unapi

Chapter Kortum, Gerhard (2002) Germania in Pacifico: Humboldt, Chamisso and Other Early German Contributors to Pacific Research, 1741-1876. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 107). unapi

Chapter Sánches, Ramiro P. (2002) Early Exploration Voyages and Antarctic Expeditions: The Argentine Perspective. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 133). unapi

Chapter Antezane, Tarsicio; Bahamonde, Nibaldo (2002) History of Marine Science in Chile. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 155). unapi

Chapter Croce, Norberto della (2002) Italian Contributions to the Knowledge of the Southeast Pacific Ocean. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 204). unapi

Chapter Morcos, Selim (2002) The Educational Mission of Marine Sciences: A Case Study of East Africa, the Early Initiatives, 1930--80. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 215). unapi

Chapter Walker, J. Malcolm (2002) School and Popular Marine Science Education in the United Kingdom. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 224). unapi

Chapter Dyrssen, David (2002) Anders Sparrman, 1748-1820. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 230). unapi

Chapter Yayanos, A. Aristides (2002) George Wallace Melville: His Influence Through Polar Exploration. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 248). unapi

Chapter McGraw, Donald J. (2002) Claude Zobell, Hadal Bacteria, and the “Azoic Zone”. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 259). unapi

Chapter Serpoinau, G.; Malciu, V. (2002) The Pioneers of Oceanographic Research in Romania. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 271). unapi

Chapter Bologa, Alexandru S.; Marinescu, Alexandru (2002) Romanian Developmental Contributions of Emil Racovitza and Grigore Antipa to the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranen. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 275). unapi

Chapter Orlić, Mirko (2002) Four Centuries of Physical Oceanography in Croatia. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 280). unapi

Chapter Svansson, Artur (2002) Swedish Oceanographic Instruments up to 1950. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 358). unapi

Chapter Wallace, William J. (2002) The History of Chemical Determination of Salinity. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 362). unapi

Chapter Smed, Jens (2002) Early Attempts at Determination of the Salinity of Seawater from Measurements of Its Electric Conductivity. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 369). unapi

Chapter Irvine, David (2002) The Role of Spectra in Ocean Wave Physics. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 378). unapi

Chapter Parson, Gill (2002) The Use and Abuses of Scientific Expertise in English Inshore Oyster Fishery, 1860-1910. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 392). unapi

Chapter Matsuda, Yoshiaki (2002) History of Fisheries: Science in Japan. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 405). unapi

Chapter Omori, Makoto (2002) One Hundred Years of the Sergestid Shrimp Fishing Industry in Sugar Bay: Development of Administration and Social Policy. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 417). unapi

Chapter Salvat, Bernard (2002) Coral Reefs, Science, and Politics: Relationships and Criteria for Decision over Two Centuries--A French Case History. In: Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond (p. 468). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Alagona, Peter S.
Althoff, William F.
Antezane, Tarsicio
Bahamonde, Nibaldo
Franchini, Laura
Friedman, Robert Marc
Journals
Scientia Canadensis: Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Archives of Natural History
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Environmental History
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Geological Society Publishing House
Institute of Physics Publishing
Nauka
Oxford University Press
Potomac Books
The MIT Press
Concepts
Oceanography
Geophysics
Marine biology
Scientific expeditions
Plate tectonics and continental drift
Earth sciences
People
Wegener, Alfred Lothar
Bruun, Anton F.
Croll, James
Severdrup, Harald Ulrik
Thomson, Charles Wyville
Wilmot, Samuel
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Modern
17th century
18th century
Places
Germany
Soviet Union
Canada
Polar regions
United States
Greenland
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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