- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: Lutterworth Press (24 Jun 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0718892305
- ISBN-13: 978-0718892302
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 653,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"...a book that is both accessible and historically valuable." --Ocean Challenge, Winter 2011
"... a fascinating book on the work done by the scientists of the UK National Institute of Oceanography...far from being academic and dry...an attractive, well produced book." --Underwater Technology, Vol 29, 2011
"...an enjoyable escape to the 'golden days'."
--Marine Scientists, September, 2010
"... a fascinating book on the work done by the scientists of the UK National Institute of Oceanography...far from being academic and dry...an attractive, well produced book." --Underwater Technology, Vol 29, 2011
"...an enjoyable escape to the 'golden days'."
--Marine Scientists, September, 2010
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Prof Gwyn Griffiths, International Journal of the Society for Underwater Technology "This is a fascinating book on the work done by the scientists and engineers of the UK National Institute of Oceanography (NIO). It is far from being a dry, academic history of an institution. Rather, it is a collection of chapters by a number of scientists that created the substantial international reputation enjoyed by the NIO, from its formation in the years after the Second World War, until the change of name in 1973. The editors have done an excellent job of collecting the contributions into coherent sections and ensuring that the book is easily accessible to the general reader ... This is an attractive, well-produced book that will appeal to a wide readership." Anita McConnell, Journal for Maritime Research, May, 2011 - "Anyone who has had the experience of being tossed around in mid-ocean while being doused with icy salt water will enjoy this book, but it can also be enjoyed by those interested in the period when Dr Deacon and his team were making truly remarkable advances in the marine sciences." 'As a contribution to the intellectual history of oceanography, the volume could be characterized as a chronicle of research, accomplishments and discoveries since the publication of the so-called "bible", Harald Sverdrup, Martin Johnson and Richard Fleming's 1942 text, The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology. [ - ] The founding and work of NIO is set in the context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century international ocean science by historian of science Margaret Deacon (daughter of founder George Deacon), who lends her encyclopaedic knowledge of the history of oceanography to the volume. [ - ] Readers who will appreciate this volume include: oceanographers and those interested in oceanography; scholars of history of oceanography and history of science; and maritime historians, historians of technology and anyone interested in the history of work at sea, including the contributions of science and engineering to industries such as undersea oil and gas drilling. Graduate students or scholars seeking new research ideas in the history of science will here find gems that suggest profitable research avenues, a few which are suggested below.' Yrjoe Kaukiainen - University of Helsinki, Finland in: International Journal of Maritime History Vol. XXIII (No.2), 2011.
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