The man who thought like a ship / Loren C. Steffy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steffy, Loren C.

Series:

Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.

Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine archaeologists--Texas--Biography.

Marine archaeologists.

Underwater archaeology.

Institute of Nautical Archaeology (U.S.)--History--20th century.

Institute of Nautical Archaeology (U.S.).

Institute of Nautical Archaeology (U.S.)--History--21st century.

American Institute of Nautical Archaeology--History.

American Institute of Nautical Archaeology.

Steffy, J. Richard (John Richard), 1924-2007.

Steffy, J. Richard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

J. Richard "Dick" Steffy stood inside the limestone hall of the Crusader castle in Cyprus and looked at the wood fragments arrayed before him. They were old beyond belief. For more than two millennia they had remained on the sea floor, eaten by worms and soaking up seawater until they had the consistency of wet cardboard. There were some 6,000 pieces in all, and Steffy's job was to put them all back together in their original shape like some massive, ancient jigsaw puzzle.He had volunteered for the job even though he had no qualifications for it. For twenty-five years he'd

Contents:

Crooked Aleppo

Dreams in paper and paste

Short circuits

The ships begin to speak

Pieces of the puzzle

"You're crazy! You'll starve to death"

The reconstructor

A dream in jeopardy

Man's failure as a thinking animal

Zoe's garage

Settling into Mecca

Studies in mud, charcoal, and bronze

Genius and despair

The laughter of Aristides

The voyage ends

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-77223-9

9786613683007

1-60344-058-5

OCLC:

809317594