Challenger at Sea A Ship That Revolutionized Earth Science |
|
| Author:
| Hsü, Kenneth Jinghwa |
| Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-60933-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $120.00 |
Book Description:
|
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
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