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Felt, Hali.
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Tharp, Marie.
Cartographers -- United States -- Biography.
Geomorphologists -- United States -- Biography.
Women cartographers -- United States -- Biography.
Submarine topography.
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Felt, Hali.
Tharp, Marie.
Cartographers -- United States -- Biography.
Geomorphologists -- United States -- Biography.
Women cartographers -- United States -- Biography.
Submarine topography.
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Soundings : the story of the remarkable woman who mapped the ocean floor / Hali Felt.
by
Felt, Hali.
Henry Holt and Co., 2012.
Call #:
526.092 T367f
Subjects
Tharp
,
Marie
.
Cartographers -- United States -- Biography.
Geomorphologists -- United States -- Biography.
Women cartographers -- United States -- Biography.
Submarine topography.
ISBN:
9780805092158 (hardback)
0805092153 (hardback)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
340 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A compelling portrait of one of the most interesting "forgotten" women of the twentieth century, the scientist who mapped, for the first time, the ocean floor. Until
Marie
Tharp
's groundbreaking work in the 1950s, the floor of the ocean was a mystery--then, as now, we knew less about the ocean than we did about outer space. In a time when women in the scientific community were routinely dismissed,
Tharp
's work changed our understanding of the earth's geologic evolution. While her partner, Bruce Heezen, went on expeditions to collect soundings (records of sonar pings measuring the ocean's depth across its entire expanse),
Tharp
turned this data into beautiful and controversial maps that laid the groundwork for proving the theory of continental drift.
Tharp
's maps showed for the first time that the continents were moving and had always been moving and that what had happened over eons under the sea was as "visible" now as looking at the same phenomenon on land. Her maps have been called some of "the most remarkable achievements in modern cartography" and yet no one knows her name. The brilliant young writer Hali Felt captures the romance of scientific discovery and brings to vivid life this pioneering scientist who changed the way we view the earth"--Provided by publisher.
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