Flotsametrics and the floating world : how one man's obsession with runaway sneakers and rubber ducks revolutionized ocean science
Ebbesmeyer, Curtis C.2010
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The authors tell one of the Earth's great secrets - a previously hidden system of ocean currents - revealed through fascinating stories of flotsam. Using all kinds of stuff that ends up in the ocean, maverick scientist Ebbesmeyer solved a profound mystery and changed everything we know about our environment.
Main title:
Flotsametrics and the floating world : how one man's obsession with runaway sneakers and rubber ducks revolutionized ocean science / Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano.
Imprint:
New York ; London : Harper, 2010.
Collation:
xvi, 304 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Collins, 2009.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780061558429 (pbk)0061558427 (pbk)
Dewey class:
551.4'62
Language:
English
BRN:
17116
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