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.

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Edition	First edition.
Description	xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type	text txt rdacontent
Format	volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references 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	The New York Times best-selling author of The Men Who United the States traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world.
Subject	Winchester, Simon -- Travel.
	Pacific Ocean -- Geography.
	Ocean and civilization.
	Pacific Ocean -- History.
	Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel.
ISBN	9780062315410
	0062315412
	9780062315427
	0062315420