Oceanography : An Invitation to Marine Science
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Book Description
This introduction to oceanography text uses an interdisciplinary approach and emphasizes the discipline's connections with astronomy, physics, chemistry, meteorology, geology, biology, ecology, history, and economics. Written with a clear and compelling narrative voice that conveys the author's enthusiasm for his subject as well as objective scientific fact. This text provides students with a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved in ocean use and the role and importance of oceans in nurturing and sustaining life on the planet. It further enhances students' natural enthusiasm for the ocean with a stunning visual program. This book is the number one seller in oceanography.
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About the Author
Named Outstanding Marine Educator by the National Marine Technology Society, Tom Garrison writes market-leading textbooks that enliven students' interest in the ocean, as well as a regular column on oceanography education for the journal "Oceanography." His knowledge, combined with a gift for engaging writing, has garnered Tom an Emmy Award for his work on the "Oceanus" television course and a prestigious Excellence in College Teaching Award from the Salgo-Noren Foundation. The "Oceanus" television course has been recently revised as "The Endless Voyage," for PBS, and Garrison again served as a writer and science advisor for that program. Tom's books, born out of his desire to share his excitement about the ocean with others, are widely used at colleges and universities throughout North America, Asia, and Australia. These oceanography texts have allowed him to reach beyond the walls of Orange Coast College and into the minds and imaginations of thousands of students.
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Oceanography : An Invitation to Marine Science,Tom Garrison,Wadsworth Publishing Company,0534530915,Earth Sciences - Oceanography,General,Marine Life,Nature/Ecology,Oceans & Seas,Science
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