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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winchester, Simon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Winchester, Simon.
- Travel.
- History.
- Geography.
- Pacific Ocean--Geography.
- Pacific Ocean.
- Pacific Ocean--History.
- Ocean and civilization.
- Pacific Ocean--Description and travel.
- Winchester, Simon--Travel.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-463) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.
- ISBN:
- 0062315412
- 9780062315410
- 9780062315427
- 0062315420
- OCLC:
- 915741427
- Publisher Number:
- 99964953973
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