The Crest of the Wave: Adventures in Oceanography - Softcover

Bascom, Willard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385266332 ISBN 13: 9780385266338

Publisher: Anchor, 1990

Synopsis

The author looks back on his career as an oceanographer, describes how the study of the world's oceans has changed since World War II, and depicts the excitement of studying the sea

About this title

From Library Journal:

Unlike other authors of recent books on the early history of oceanography, Bascom makes no pretenses to scientific detachment. Instead, he has written an opinionated first-person account of his experiences as an academic researcher and head of one of the first commercial oceanographic concerns. He describes early seat-of-the-pants efforts at Scripps to study waves, including those formed by atomic testing, and tells the inside story of what it's like to search for sunken treasure. Although Bascom's stories are engaging and frequently humorous, this book is not a good place to get an understanding of research methods and techniques, most of which are hard to visualize without diagrams and illustrations. Still, it succeeds as one person's recollection of how it was in the beginning. Susan Klimley, Columbia Univ. Lib.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

In the 1940s, when ocean science was in its infancy, the author became one of its distinguished pioneers. "Here are tales of exotic places and colorful characters," remarked PW . "In addition to the lure of adventure, the book offers an engaging history of modern oceanography." Photos.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Anchor
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0385266332
• ISBN 13: 9780385266338
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 318