Neptune's laboratory : fantasy, fear, and science at sea / Antony Adler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adler, Antony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oceanography--History.

Oceanography.

Oceanography--International cooperation--History.

Marine resources conservation--History.

Marine resources conservation.

Ocean--Public opinion.

Ocean.

Ocean and civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

We have long been fascinated with the oceans and sought "to pierce the profundity" of their depths. But the history of marine science also tells us a lot about ourselves. Antony Adler explores the ways in which scientists, politicians, and the public have invoked ocean environments in imagining the fate of humanity and of the planet.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Discovering Wonder in the Deep

2. Marine Science for the Nation or for the World?

3. Scientific Internationalism in a Pacific World

4. Cold War Science on the Seafloor

5. Ocean Science and Governance in the Anthropocene

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

9780674241909

0674241908

9780674241893

0674241894

OCLC:

1124923376