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Author Parker, Bruce B.

Title The power of the sea : tsunamis, storm surges, rogue waves, and our quest to predict disasters / Bruce Parker.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Location Call No. Public Note Status
 Davis Adult Nonfiction  551.46 PAR    CHECK SHELVES
Edition 1st ed.
Description xii, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type text txt rdacontent
Format volume nc rdacarrier
Series MacSci
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-284) and index.
Summary "Classics from Moby Dick to A Perfect Storm have sought to capture mankind's obsession with the might and the mystery of the sea. And the greatest minds for centuries, including Isaac Newton, Napoleon, and Benjamin Franklin, have worked to understand and predict when its next act of destruction will occur. The awesome power of the earth's oceans have been at the forefront of everyone's minds in recent years, from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (230,000 dead) to the devastation of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to the unknown consequences of the melting of thousands of glaciers as the Earth's temperature slowly rises. Bruce Parker, former Chief Scientist for the National Ocean Service, brings together the breathtaking history of man's relationship with the sea with the latest scientific breakthroughs to explore in this wide-sweeping, fascinating narrative"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Includes index.
Subject Ocean.
Ocean and civilization.
Ocean -- Environmental aspects.
ISBN 9780230616370
0230616372