Scientific Classification Manual Oceanography/English-Chinese Contrast

Author: Scott McLean
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The "Scientific Classification Manual: Ocean Science" by FactualOnFile Publishing in the United States includes the following sections:
Terminology: The entire book contains over 1,500 entries, many of which are accompanied by simple diagrams to help explain the meaning of the terms. Topics include: Acoustical Oceanography, Alluviation, Bottom Currents, Ecosystems, Gulf Stream, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Plate Tectonics, Sponges, and Plankton, etc.
Biographies: Describes more than 300 scientists and oceanographers from ancient times to the present, whose discoveries have advanced human understanding of ocean science. These scientists include: Amundsen, Ballard, Drake, Sylvia, Magellan, Patrick, and Amerigo, among others.
Chronology: Covers nearly 6,000 years of the history of ocean science development, including major discoveries and significant events in ocean science; the advancement of shipbuilding technology in ancient Egypt (4500 BC); Galileo's invention of the thermometer (1593); Newcomen's invention of the atmospheric steam engine (1712); Lord Rayleigh's publication of "The Theory of Sound," which pioneered the study of acoustics (1877); the famous activity of the naturalist Beebe diving in a bathysphere to observe marine life (1934), and so on.