Flotsametrics and the Floating World：How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science

Flotsametrics and the Floating World：How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science

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作者: Curtis 著 , Eric Scigliano 著

出版社: HarperCollins US

出版时间: 2010-06

ISBN: 9780061558429

定价: 128.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 304页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

PioneeringoceanographerCurtisEbbesmeyerunravelsthemysteryofmarinecurrents,uncoverstheastonishingstoryofflotsam,andchangestheworld'sviewoftrash,theocean,andourglobalenvironment.
CurtisEbbesmeyerisnoordinaryscientist.He'sbeenaconsultingoceanographerformultinationalfirmsandaleadscientistoninternationalresearchexpeditions,buthe'sneverheldaconventionalacademicappointment.Heseizedtheworld'simaginationasnootherscientistcouldwhenheandhisworldwidenetworkofbeachcombervolunteerstracedtheocean'scurrentsusingthousandsofsneakersandplasticbathtoysspilledfromstorm-tossedfreighters.
Now,forthefirsttime,Ebbesmeyertellsthestoryofhislifelongstruggletosolvethesea'smysterieswhilesharinghismostsurprisingdiscoveries.Herecountshowflotsamhaschangedthecourseofhistory—leadingVikingmarinerstosafeharbors,ColumbustotheNewWorld,andJapantoopenuptotheWest—andhowitmayevenhavemadetheoriginoflifepossible.Hechasesicebergsandfloatingislands;investigatesoceanmysteriesfromghostshipstoaspateofwashed-upseveredfeetonCanadianbeaches;andexplorestheenormousfloating"garbagepatches"andwaste-heaped"junkbeaches"thatcollecttheflotsamandjetsamofindustrialsociety.Finally,Ebbesmeyerrevealstherhythmicandharmonicorderinthevastoceaniccurrentscalledgyres—"theheartbeatoftheworld"—andthethreatsthatglobalwarminganddisintegratingplasticwasteposetotheseas...andtous.

CurtisEbbesmeyerholdsaPh.D.inoceanographyfromtheUniversityofWashington.Mediaworldwidehaveturnedtohisexpertiseonoceancurrentsandfloatingobjects.HelivesinSeattle,Washington.
内容简介:
PioneeringoceanographerCurtisEbbesmeyerunravelsthemysteryofmarinecurrents,uncoverstheastonishingstoryofflotsam,andchangestheworld'sviewoftrash,theocean,andourglobalenvironment.
CurtisEbbesmeyerisnoordinaryscientist.He'sbeenaconsultingoceanographerformultinationalfirmsandaleadscientistoninternationalresearchexpeditions,buthe'sneverheldaconventionalacademicappointment.Heseizedtheworld'simaginationasnootherscientistcouldwhenheandhisworldwidenetworkofbeachcombervolunteerstracedtheocean'scurrentsusingthousandsofsneakersandplasticbathtoysspilledfromstorm-tossedfreighters.
Now,forthefirsttime,Ebbesmeyertellsthestoryofhislifelongstruggletosolvethesea'smysterieswhilesharinghismostsurprisingdiscoveries.Herecountshowflotsamhaschangedthecourseofhistory—leadingVikingmarinerstosafeharbors,ColumbustotheNewWorld,andJapantoopenuptotheWest—andhowitmayevenhavemadetheoriginoflifepossible.Hechasesicebergsandfloatingislands;investigatesoceanmysteriesfromghostshipstoaspateofwashed-upseveredfeetonCanadianbeaches;andexplorestheenormousfloating"garbagepatches"andwaste-heaped"junkbeaches"thatcollecttheflotsamandjetsamofindustrialsociety.Finally,Ebbesmeyerrevealstherhythmicandharmonicorderinthevastoceaniccurrentscalledgyres—"theheartbeatoftheworld"—andthethreatsthatglobalwarminganddisintegratingplasticwasteposetotheseas...andtous.
作者简介:
CurtisEbbesmeyerholdsaPh.D.inoceanographyfromtheUniversityofWashington.Mediaworldwidehaveturnedtohisexpertiseonoceancurrentsandfloatingobjects.HelivesinSeattle,Washington.

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