Scientific Classification Manual -- Marine Science

Author: (American) McArthur, translated by Zhou Lianxiang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: With the advancement of technology, it is becoming increasingly difficult for students and teachers to obtain direct and rapid answers to fundamental scientific and meteorological/climatological questions. Therefore, they will welcome the "Science Classification Handbook: Ocean Science" by U.S. FactsOnFile Publishing. The "Science Classification Handbook" series covers the following disciplines: meteorology and climate, biology, chemistry, earth science, ocean science, physics, space and astronomy, algebra, calculus, and geometry. It is an invaluable bilingual dictionary series organized systematically by academic disciplines. The "Science Classification Handbook: Ocean Science" by U.S. FactsOnFile Publishing includes the following sections:
Terminology: The book contains over 1,500 entries, with many entries accompanied by simple diagrams to help explain their meanings. Topics include: acoustical oceanography, alluviation, bottom currents, ecosystems, the Gulf Stream, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, plate tectonic activity, sponges, and plankton, etc.
People: It introduces 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: It spans nearly 6,000 years of ocean science development from ancient times to the present, 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); Sir Rayleigh's publication of the groundbreaking "Theory of Sound," which pioneered the study of acoustics (1877); the famous activity of the naturalist Beechey descending into the ocean in a diving bell to observe marine life (1934), etc.