Challenger at sea: a ship that revolutionized earth science
Auteur :
Hsü, Kenneth Jinghwa
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691609331
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
624 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The famous geological research ship Glomar Challenger was a radically new instrument that revolutionized earth science in the same sense that the cyclotron revolutionized nuclear physics, and its deep-sea drilling voyages, conducted from 1968 through 1983, were some of the great scientific adventures of our time. Beginning with the vessel's first c