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At Sea with the Scientifics

Author : Joseph Matkin
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824814243
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book At Sea with the Scientifics written by Joseph Matkin and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1993-03-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When HMS Challenger sailed from Portsmouth in 1872, a young assistant ship's steward, Joseph Matkin, was among the crew. Throughout the three-and-a-half-year voyage, Matkin maintained a journal from which he composed the many letters he sent home to his family in England. In his letters he commented on oceanographic operations, reported on shipboard events of special concern to the crew, and discussed at length the history, geography, and peoples of the many exotic and remote ports at which the ship called on its famous circumnavigation of the globe. The Challenger expedition established the foundations of oceanography and is second only to Darwin's voyage aboard the Beagle for its contributions to nineteenth-century science. The massive quantity of specimens and information acquired was written up in the fity-volume series of Challenger Reports, and personal accounts were published by officers and scientists. No ocean voyage had ever been so well documented. Yet no account of the seaman's life "below decks" was known to exist until the early 1980s, when two substantial collections of Matkin's letters surfaced. The letters are unique in their perspective and fascinating for their depth and literacy. Matkin, the son of a printer, was well aware of the significance of the voyage and strove to present a learned account in a proper style. His letters convey a wealth of detail about shipboard logistics, the crew's attitudes toward scientific operations, and officer-scientist-crew relations. Unwittingly, Matkin also illuminates himself and the middle-class society of which he was a part. Matkin's letters, published here for the first time, bring freshness and immediacy to this great Victorian scientific enterprise. Philip F. Rehbock has edited and annotated the letters, providing a particularly readable work of travel literature for anyone interested in oceanography, voyaging, maritime social history, and naval affairs.

Of Seas and Ships and Scientists

Author : John Gould
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 071889703X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Of Seas and Ships and Scientists written by John Gould and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book captures the excitement of a formative phase of UK science during and immediately following WWII. It links back to scientists working at Antarctic whaling stations and the complimentary voyages of Captain Scott's Discovery that explored the vast icy Southern Ocean, funded by a tax on whale oil. In the depths of WWII a small group of young scientists were brought together under the inspirational leadership of Dr (later Sir) George Deacon, and shortly after the end of the war, the UKis first National Institute of Oceanography was formed. The discoveries from 50 years ago underpin our modern-day science. The bookis chapters are all written and edited by NIO scientists and convey the atmosphere of work at sea in a bygone age before small computers,satellite navigation and easy communication. The book is A useful introduction for students of marine and/or environmental science. It will appeal to many scientists and the general public , to those interested in science and innovation during and after WWII and of course to many living in the Surrey who always wondered what went on in the leafy lanes that were home to NIO and its successors for almost 50 years.

Ships, Seas, and Scientists

Author : Vincent Ponko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ships, Seas, and Scientists written by Vincent Ponko and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes chapters on Wilkes expedition to Antarctica, 1838-42, U.S. expeditions in search of Franklin, 1850-55, and expeditions in North Pacific and Bering Strait, 1852-63.

Fathoming the Ocean

Author : Helen M Rozwadowski
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674266889
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Fathoming the Ocean written by Helen M Rozwadowski and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[An] amiable, in-depth examination of the most critical era for the development of modern oceanography” (Publishers Weekly). In a history at once scientific and cultural, Helen Rozwadowski shows us how the Western imagination awoke to the ocean's possibilities?in maritime novels, in the popular hobby of marine biology, in the youthful sport of yachting, and in the laying of a trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. The ocean emerged as important new territory, and scientific interests intersected with those of merchant-industrialists and politicians. Rozwadowski documents the popular crazes that coincided with these interests?from children's sailor suits to the home aquarium and the surge in ocean travel. She describes how, beginning in the 1860s, oceanography moved from yachts onto the decks of oceangoing vessels, and landlubber naturalists found themselves navigating the routines of a working ship's physical and social structures. Fathoming the Ocean offers a rare and engaging look into our fascination with the deep sea and into the origins of oceanography?origins still visible in a science that focuses the efforts of physicists, chemists, geologists, biologists, and engineers on the common enterprise of understanding a vast, three-dimensional, alien space. “Rozwadowski greatly expands our own understanding, all while telling a story that is original, wide-ranging, and illuminating.” —Margaret Deacon, Southampton Oceanography Centre, author of Science and the Sea: The Origins of Oceanography “Required reading for anyone wanting to understand how the oceans have come to play the role that they do in Western knowledge.” —Eric L. Mills, Dalhousie University and author of Biological Oceanography: An Early History, 1870-1960 “Chronicles the birth of deep-sea oceanography, from early observations by Benjamin Franklin to the voyage of HMS Challenger in the 1870s. [Rozwadowski] weaves a rich narrative from the world of renowned as well as lesser-known oceanographers.” —Nature

Science at Sea

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309147980
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Science at Sea written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. academic research fleet is an essential national resource, and it is likely that scientific demands on the fleet will increase. Oceanographers are embracing a host of remote technologies that can facilitate the collection of data, but will continue to require capable, adaptable research vessels for access to the sea for the foreseeable future. Maintaining U.S. leadership in ocean research will require investing in larger and more capable general purpose Global and Regional class ships; involving the scientific community in all phases of ship design and acquisition; and improving coordination between agencies that operate research fleets.

Science from Shipboard

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science from Shipboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Science in a Sea of Commerce

Author : Samuel Stutchbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Science in a Sea of Commerce written by Samuel Stutchbury and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4e de couv.: The journal of Samuel Stutchbury is a day-by-day account of a voyage in the 1820s to the pearl islands of the Tuamoto Archipelago, a little-known group lying eastward of Tahiti. It is the most vivid and detailed of the few surviving records of early 19th century pearling in the Pacific. It is the story of a commercial enterprise, supported by investors from the City of London and from Sydney, and based on the expertise of Colonial seamen, but enlivened by the scientific observations made by Stuchbury. Samuel Stuchbury was a young man of 27 when he ventured into this little know region which was of great interest to scientists. He was a man of many parts, in turn zoologist, geologist, botanist, doctor - interested in and informed about the whole range of natural phenomena which he encountered. His study of coral reefs certainly influenced Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin, and his papers on marine organisms caused controversy amongst English zoologists. While the main emphasis of the expedition was on matters in the central Pacific, there are interesting insights given in the journal into social and scientific aspects of life in New Zealand and New South Wales. Stuchbury's diary contains detailed observations of nature (including the weather), ships and captains, the activities of missionaries and traders, social structure and language in the Pacific.

Scientists and the Sea, 1650–1900

Author : Margaret Deacon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351901575
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Scientists and the Sea, 1650–1900 written by Margaret Deacon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists and the Sea is a history of how the scientific study of the sea has developed over a period of nearly 2500 years. Beginning with the speculations of Greek philosophers it carries the story forward, showing how curiosity about the ocean appeared in many different forms and locations before, in the late 19th century, the first deep-sea researches heralded the foundation of the science known today as oceanography. Originally published in 1971, this book has never been superseded as the most comprehensive and wide-ranging treatment of the emergence of marine science within the western scientific tradition. After three introductory chapters dealing with knowledge up to the Renaissance, the main part of the work shows how pioneers of scientific observation at sea during the 17th and 18th centuries made notable discoveries, but that it was not until the middle of the 19th century when, aided by the advance of technology, scientists were able to undertake the first explorations of the ocean depths. This second edition contains a new introduction and bibliography.

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea

Author : Peter Kemp
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198800507
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea written by Peter Kemp and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This second edition provides significant new material on topics that have come to prominence in recent times, such as oceanography and marine archaeology: key contributions on these subjects from marine expert Dr. Martin Angel at Southampton Oceanography Centre include climate change, environmental issues, marine pollution, and marine wildlife. Among the many brand new entries to this edition are up-to-the-minute articles on underwater vehicles, tsunamis, warfare at sea, marine pollution, the Economic Exclustion Zone, and ship preservation." "This Companion also includes authoritative entries on maritime history: its naval battles, including Pearl Harbour and Trafalgar; its great ships, from Noah's Ark and the Bounty to the Titanic and the Mary Rose; and its most famous individuals, both real and fictional, including Christopher Columbus, Horatio Nelson, and Robinson Crusoe."--Jacket.

The Oceanographer's Companion

Author : George Maul
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498773095
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Oceanographer's Companion written by George Maul and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists and engineers embarking on their first voyage for oceanographic or meteorological research are often unprepared for the experience. Going to sea involves learning a new language – that of the seaman. This is necessary for clear communications, for the safety and well-being of the members of the scientific party and the ship’s crew. The Oceanographer’s Companion is intended to familiarize a student with the basics of navigation, seamanship, marine engineering, communications, safety-of-life-at-sea, shiphandling, knots and splices, first aid, and so much more. The book will have a very practical feel with lots of examples.

Sea Transportation

Author : Gerry Bailey
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 9780836892307
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book Sea Transportation written by Gerry Bailey and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an introduction to travel by sea, discussing its history as well as how it has enabled exploration of the world in different ways.

Marine Scientific Research

Author : Florian Wegelein
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047408020
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Marine Scientific Research written by Florian Wegelein and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present analysis examines the legal framework for marine scientific research with a focus on research platforms

Alien Ocean

Author : Stefan Helmreich
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520942604
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Alien Ocean written by Stefan Helmreich and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alien Ocean immerses readers in worlds being newly explored by marine biologists, worlds usually out of sight and reach: the deep sea, the microscopic realm, and oceans beyond national boundaries. Working alongside scientists at sea and in labs in Monterey Bay, Hawai'i, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Sargasso Sea and at undersea volcanoes in the eastern Pacific, Stefan Helmreich charts how revolutions in genomics, bioinformatics, and remote sensing have pressed marine biologists to see the sea as animated by its smallest inhabitants: marine microbes. Thriving in astonishingly extreme conditions, such microbes have become key figures in scientific and public debates about the origin of life, climate change, biotechnology, and even the possibility of life on other worlds.

Annotated Acronyms and Abbreviations of Marine Science Related Activities

Author : Charlotte Munchmeyer Ashby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Annotated Acronyms and Abbreviations of Marine Science Related Activities written by Charlotte Munchmeyer Ashby and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scientists-in-the-sea

Author : James Woodell Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientists-in-the-sea written by James Woodell Miller and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Catalogue of the Naval and Marine Engineering Collection in the Science Division of the Victoria and Albert Museum

Author : Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of the Naval and Marine Engineering Collection in the Science Division of the Victoria and Albert Museum written by Victoria and Albert Museum and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Ocean in Common

Author : Gary E. Weir
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603447210
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book An Ocean in Common written by Gary E. Weir and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through two victorious world conflicts and a Cold War, the U.S. Navy and American ocean scientists drew ever closer, converting an early marriage of necessity into a relationship of astonishing achievement. Beginning in 1919, Gary Weir's An Ocean in Common traces the first forty-two years of their joint quest to understand each other and the deep ocean.?Early in the twentieth century, American naval officers questioned the tactical and strategic significance of applied ocean science, demonstrating the gap between this kind of knowledge and that deemed critical to naval warfare. At the same time, scientists studying the ocean labored in their inadequately funded, discreet disciplines, seemingly content to keep naval warfare at arm's length. German U-boat success in World War I changed these views fundamentally, bringing ocean science insights to an increasing number of naval objectives.?Driven primarily by anti-submarine priorities, the physics, chemistry, and geology of the ocean, more than its biology, became the early focus of American ocean studies. The World War II experience solidified the Navy's relationship with ocean scientists, and the years after 1945 found the American military investing heavily in both applied and basic research. Today, oceanography is a permanent resident on the bridge of American fighting ships and the Navy continues to provide much of the impetus and funding for fundamental research, in both naval and civilian laboratories.In An Ocean in Common Gary Weir focuses on the compelling motives and carefully engineered course that brought scientists and naval officers together, across a considerable cultural divide, to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of one another and the world ocean. Weir details how this alliance laid the powerful multidisciplinary foundation for long-range ocean communication and surveillance, modern submarine warfare, deep submergence, and the emergence of oceanography and ocean engineering as independent and vital fields of study.