Sea Around Us - Softcover

Carson, Rachel L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451621646 ISBN 13: 9780451621641

Publisher: Signet, 1954

Synopsis

Here is the strange story of the seas - how they were born, how life emerged from them, and the marine world within them. Rachel Carson's writing teems with images - the newly-formed Earth cooling beneath an endlessly overcast sky; volcanic action throwing up huge masses on the ocean floor to create immense mountains and desolate canyons; giant squid battling sperm-whales hundreds of fathoms below the surface. A new chapter by Jeffrey Levinton, brings the science of "The Sea Around Us" up to date. Levinton incorporates the most recent thinking on continental drift, coral reefs, the spread of the ocean floor, the deterioration of the oceans, mass extinction of sea life, and many other topics. First published in 1951, this work won the National Book Award.

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Review

"A wonderful book ... a sheer pleasure to read" -- Thor Heyerdal

"Carson has a rare gift for transmuting scientific fact into lucid, lyrical language." -- Time

About the Author

The late Rachel Carson was for many years a marine biologist and then editor-in-chief of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. She was also the author of Silent Spring, Under the Sea Wind, and At the Edge of the Sea. Jeffrey Levinton teaches at the State University f New York at Stony Brook and is the author of Marine Ecology. Ann Zwinger is the author of A Desert Country Near the Sea, Beyond the Aspen Grove, and Run, River, Run.

Edition details

• Publisher: Signet
• Publication date: 1954
• ISBN 10: 0451621646
• ISBN 13: 9780451621641
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English