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Winchester, Simon.
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Winchester, Simon -- Travel.
Ocean and civilization.
Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Ocean -- Geography.
Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel.
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Winchester, Simon.
Winchester, Simon -- Travel.
Ocean and civilization.
Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Ocean -- Geography.
Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel.
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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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Winchester, Simon.
Harper, [2015]
Call #:
909
.09823
W759p
Subjects
Winchester, Simon -- Travel.
Ocean and civilization.
Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Ocean -- Geography.
Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780062315410 (hc.)
0062315412 (hc.)
9780062315427 (pbk.)
0062315420 (pbk.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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 Atlantic, The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world.
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