The Carson, Rachel 1907-1964 creator author. text bibliography nyu New York Oxford University Press 2018 monographic eng

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xxviii, 227 p ; 21 cm Introduction by Sylvia Earle -- Preface to the 1961 Edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1. MOTHER SEA -- The gray beginnings -- The pattern of the surface -- The changing year -- The sunless sea -- Hidden lands -- The long snowfall -- The birth of an island -- The shape of ancient seas -- 2. THE RESTLESS SEA -- Wind and water -- Wind, sun, and the spinning of the earth -- The moving tides -- 3. MAN AND THE SEA ABOUT HIM -- The global thermostat -- Wealth from the salt seas -- The encircling seas. Rachel Carson ; introduction by Sylvia Earle. "[Copyright] Renewed 1979 by Roger Christie"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Oceanography GC21 .C3 2018 551.46 CAR 9780190906764 (paperback : alk. paper) 2018041179 DLC 180910 20221019154507.0 20663744 eng