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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TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
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- 9780062315410 (hardcover)
- 0062315412 (hardcover)
- 909/.09823
- GC 771 W759p 2015
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| GC 65 R484e 1973 La exploración submarina / | GC 296.8 N717 2002 La Niña and its impacts : facts and speculation / | GC 481 S217a 2008 Atlantic Ocean : the illustrated history of the ocean that changed the world / | GC 771 W759p 2015 Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers / | GC 1015 F911f 1972 El futuro de los océanos / | GC 1085 G618s 1979 La salud de los océanos / | GE 15 E61 1992 Environment and development = Environnement et développement = Medio ambiente y desarrollo / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-463) and index.
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.
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.
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