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Title Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers / Simon Winchester.
Author Winchester, Simon, author.
Publisher New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Description xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm
Edition First Edition.
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 LW-Upper East Side  909.0982 WIN Nearby on shelf  30641005411520 07-21-16  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages [451]-463) and index.
Contents The great thermonuclear sea -- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution -- The ecstasies of wave-riding -- A dire and dangerous irritation -- Farewell, all my friends and foes -- Echoes of distant thunder -- How goes the lucky country? -- The fires in the deep -- A fragile and uncertain sea -- Of masters and commanders -- Epilogue: the call of the running tide.
Summary An exploration of the Pacific Ocean assesses its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world.
Subject Winchester, Simon -- Travel.
Ocean and civilization.
Pacific Ocean -- Geography.
Pacific Ocean -- History.
Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel.
Other title Silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers.
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