Adventures in Ocean Exploration : From the Discovery of the Titanic to the Search for Noah's Flood
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (971 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0792279921 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Beverly Cole said One Star. This is a wonderful book with exceptional pictures.. Gifted scientist, explorer, popularizer all in one I have known and admired Bob Ballard since his early years at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - and for good reason. Too many professional ocean scientists tut tut Ballard as a showman (the same was done more cuttingly to Capt. Jacques Yves Cousteau by French scientists). But Ballard's scientific achievements alone put him among the scientific elite had he never taken a step as a popularizer. Thank God he left the ivory tower and used his incredible gifts to utilize and innovate with ocean technology. Without him finding the Titanic, Bismarck, and PT 109 would have been unlikely for reasons of both cost and extreme logistic. R. Parry said Voyage to the bottom of the sea. If you enjoy those NatGeo TV broadcasts about ocean discoveries, this book is for you. Since my younger days, I've always like to read a well written biography or auto-biography, recalling what Dr. Suess said , "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go". Biographies can allow people to imagine places in new ways and can help promote self discovery. This NatGeo Society book is an informative, yet fun to read "illustrated biography" about Robert Ballards life of exploration and discovery. Besides being a large lavishly illustrated book, 10 x 1"Voyage to the bottom of the sea" according to R. Parry. If you enjoy those NatGeo TV broadcasts about ocean discoveries, this book is for you. Since my younger days, I've always like to read a well written biography or auto-biography, recalling what Dr. Suess said , "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go". Biographies can allow people to imagine places in new ways and can help promote self discovery. This NatGeo Society book is an informative, yet fun to read "illustrated biography" about Robert Ballards life of exploration and discovery. Besides being a large lavishly illustrated book, 10 x 12, with over 200 illustrations, B. , with over "Voyage to the bottom of the sea" according to R. Parry. If you enjoy those NatGeo TV broadcasts about ocean discoveries, this book is for you. Since my younger days, I've always like to read a well written biography or auto-biography, recalling what Dr. Suess said , "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go". Biographies can allow people to imagine places in new ways and can help promote self discovery. This NatGeo Society book is an informative, yet fun to read "illustrated biography" about Robert Ballards life of exploration and discovery. Besides being a large lavishly illustrated book, 10 x 12, with over 200 illustrations, B. 00 illustrations, B
Now, in this generously illustrated chronicle of our age-old fascination with the sea, he interweaves his experiences at the heart of modern undersea exploration with a vivid account of thousands of years of seafaring and discovery, as his own most exciting and important dives become the starting points for an odyssey through time that introduces the greatest sailors and voyages of history and sketches the evolution of ships and navigation from the first reed boats to the nuclear submarines of today.. A pioneering marine scientist, he has dived in submersibles in all the planet's oceans, contri