Infobase Publishing - The Facts On File Marine Science Handbook

Summary

This one-stop resource covers the key terms, individuals, and significant milestones that are the heart of marine science. The Facts On File Marine Science Handbook helps students learn the basics of this popular and exciting branch of science.

Topics covered include:

Acoustic oceanography
Alluviation
Bottom currents
Echman spiral
Gulf stream
Midoceanic ridge
Phoronida
Plate techtonics
Zooplankton.

Biographies include:

Alaxander Agassiz
Vitus Bering
John Cabot
Giovanni de Verrazano
Carl L. Hubbs
Necho II
Jeanne Villepreux-Power
John Tuzo Wilson.

Tables and diagrams include:

Astrolabe
Bathysphere
Beaufort wind scale
Global wind circulation
Harrison chronometer
Offshore oil production, 2001
Relative size of oceans
Thermoscope
Voyage of Charles Darwin and Robert Fitzroy
World aquaculture and commercial fish catches, 1995-1999.

Specifications

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About the Author(s)

Scott McCutcheon earned his B.S. in physics from Boise State University. He is a physical scientist, working for the Division of Public Health in Juneau, AK. Bobbi McCutcheon is a published fiction and non-fiction writer. They are the authors of Father Mars, Mother Earth.

Reviews and Awards

"...recommended for a library collection in a high school or public library."
American Reference Books Annual

"Recommended."
Library Media Connection

"As with other books in the series, this economical and attractive reference work provides a current scientific overview that is accessible to upper elementary students and above."
VOYA

"This reference source will be most helpful to high school students, general readers, and lower-division undergraduates."
Choice

"The text is attractive and clearly written...provides a current scientific overview that is accessible to upper elementary students and above..."
VOYA

"The definitions are clear and easy to understand...useful to teachers...Recommended for academic, public, and some high-school libraries."
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