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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49626586 Title: Recent advances and issues in oceanography Author: C Reid Nichols; David Porter; Robert G Williams Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003. ISBN/ISSN: 1573564060 9781573564069 OCLC:49626586

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Recent advances and issues in oceanography

Author:	C Reid Nichols; David Porter; Robert G Williams
Publisher:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Series:	Frontiers of science series (Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.))
Edition/Format:	Book : English
Summary:	This volume describes and evaluates the major current research developments in the ocean sciences. Annotation. This volume presents the people, technology, and discoveries that mark the highlights of oceanography. Designed for the popular reader or the beginning undergraduate, the text contains accessible descriptions of the science, including a chapter that highlights major problems and questions and a chronology of Read more...
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	C Reid Nichols; David Porter; Robert G Williams Find more information about:
ISBN:	1573564060 9781573564069
OCLC Number:	49626586
Notes:	"An Oryx book."
Description:	ix, 409 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	Oceanography today -- Technology today -- Unsolved problems, unanswered questions -- Social issues -- Chronology of recent investigations -- Biographical sketches -- Documents, speeches, testimony, and reports -- Statistics on education, budget, and resources -- Organizations and associations -- Print and electronic resources -- Glossary -- Index.
Series Title:	Frontiers of science series (Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.))
Responsibility:	C. Reid Nichols, David Larsen Porter, and Robert G. Williams.
More information:	Table of contents Book review (E-STREAMS) Book review (E-STREAMS)

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This volume describes and evaluates the major current research developments in the ocean sciences. Annotation. This volume presents the people, technology, and discoveries that mark the highlights of oceanography. Designed for the popular reader or the beginning undergraduate, the text contains accessible descriptions of the science, including a chapter that highlights major problems and questions and a chronology of recent investigations. Much of the volume provides practical information about oceanography as a career, with short biographies of 35 oceanographers (all are in the US), statistics on careers and research and development, and descriptions of professional organizations and journals.

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