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As scientific exploration of the seas gathers pace, the new knowledge gained of the ocean-Earth systems and their interaction with the human environment is vital to our understanding of how we can preserve these ultimately fragile environments.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text is clean and clear. Most of the precise, technical words that decorate geological literature have been replaced by simpler words or phrases. Importantly, this makes the book available to a far wider audience ... 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They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth, but they are very important, not only in hosting life, including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend, but in terms of their role in the Earth system, in regulating climate, and cycling nutrients. As climate change, pollution, and over-exploitation by humans puts this precious resource at risk, it is more important than ever that we understand and appreciate the nature and history of oceans. There is much we still do not know about the story of the Earth''s oceans, and we are only just beginning to find indications of oceans on other planets. In this book, geologists Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams consider the deep history of oceans, how and when they may have formed on the young Earth -- topics of intense current research -- how they became salty, and how they evolved through Earth history. We learn how oceans have formed and disappeared over millions of years, how the sea nurtured life, and what may become of our oceans in the future. We encounter some of the scientists and adventurers whose efforts led to our present understanding of oceans. And we look at clues to possible seas that may once have covered parts of Mars and Venus, that may still exist, below the surface, on moons such as Europa and Callisto, and the possibility of watery planets in other star systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book crams a lot of information into its 265 pages, all well referenced with notes at the back. From pirates to exoplanets and penis-worms to space probes this is truly the story of water, life, and discovery. A must-read for those with a hunger for general knowledge, or any interest in the topic. 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Over the past two decades, Oreskes has helped transform how scholars understand the history of scientific and political debates over continental drift and anthropogenic climate change. Her latest work weaves together insights from these and other intellectual spheres to deliver a crucial message: Patronage of knowledge production—that is, who pays for science—matters deeply. . . . Oreskes uses fascinating historical episodes to reveal serious, underappreciated consequences of oceanographers' prolonged reliance on secret, mission-driven navy projects. . . . We need more historical scholarship on how powerful entities produce ignorance as well as knowledge, and Oreskes provides a model for doing so. . . . As an exposé of how navy-sponsored oceanographers wound up constraining their own research agendas and believing their own myths, the book should give pause to all scientists who consider themselves immune to the potential influence of their funders, or who romanticize the golden age of military scientific patronage.\" * Science *\u003cbr\u003e\"Insightful. . . . The book reminds us that science does not happen in a vacuum.\" * Scientific American *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eScience on a Mission\u003c\/i\u003e is what you want in a history: interesting research, stories with context and multiple points of view, clearly and compellingly written.\" * Nature *\u003cbr\u003e\"With its empirical richness and its conceptual concerns, this book is essential reading.\" * Metascience *\u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone who really wants to understand Cold War-era oceanography now has a definitive text to turn to... Oreskes makes a strong case for why histories of physics must now encompass oceanography.\" * Physics Today *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eScience on a Mission\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Naomi Oreskes delves into the role of patronage in science, what emerges is a vivid portrait of how naval oversight transformed what we know about the sea. It is a detailed, sweeping history that illuminates the ways funding shapes the subject, scope, and tenor of research, and it raises profound questions about American science. What difference does it make who pays? A lot.\" * Yale Climate Connections *\u003cbr\u003e\"Important and fascinating work. . . . The book is well documented and features many interesting stories and illustrations that professionals and academicians will find appealing. . . . Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Had I known then what I have learned from Oreskes’s new book, I would have been a better Scripps director.\" -- Charles Kennel, former director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography\u003cbr\u003e\"Oreskes's timely, clear-eyed, and extensive history serves as a powerful reminder in a time when our oceans and basic science are under attack: we must defend scientific truth.\" -- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eScience on a Mission\u003c\/i\u003e is a subtle, human picture of science at war, both hot and cold. Focusing on three vastly important institutes of oceanography, Oreskes tracks how the demands of international conflict have shaped the discipline. In fascinating detail, she explores the discovery of the deep ocean currents and their dynamics; in another precisely documented section, she illuminates the military origins of the ‘pure science’ bathysphere \u003ci\u003eAlvin\u003c\/i\u003e. With engaging prose and scientific grasp, Oreskes gives us a rich and well-told history of how the navy’s engagement redefined the field, ushering in central discoveries of modern oceanography while hiding its secret-cloaked depths.\" -- Peter Galison, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e“With her characteristic but rare combination of philosophical and historical insight, and her sharp eye for the politics beneath the surface, Oreskes has skillfully interpreted the wide-ranging legacies of oceanography and brought them into our understanding of scientific—and political—debates of the present day.\" -- Katharine Anderson, York University\u003cbr\u003e\"Oreskes has given us a monumental history of the social and political construction of Cold War science. Her analysis lends fascinating insight to the role of the war economy in the creation of American oceanography and raises complex questions about scientific integrity, intellectual autonomy, and the difference between pure and tainted science.\" -- Matthew England, University of New South Wales\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eScience on a Mission\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable work of scholarship built on deep research into the institutions and people involved in advancing American oceanography at the height of the Cold War. Oreskes relies on a detailed approach, including over a dozen illustrations and diagrams alongside extensive quotations from relevant scientific papers, to provide internal histories, whether in accounting for how one experiment led to the next or how personalities and ideologies clashed within an institution. As such, the work makes important contributions to the literature and is an excellent companion to texts on naval and industrial laboratories.\" * Isis *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this book, Naomi Oreskes demonstrates once again that the history of science is not merely a discipline for the ivory tower. In her work on the denial of man-made climate change and on the procedures that guarantee the trustworthiness of scientific knowledge, she combines historical analysis with topics of current political importance in an exemplary manner.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (translated from German) *\u003cbr\u003e“Highly recommended for anyone interested in the broad topics of geophysics, the history of the oceans, and how American naval spending influenced the shape of modern oceanography.” * The Northern Mariner *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel-Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5 The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6 Why the Navy Built \u003ci\u003eAlvin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7 Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8 From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9 Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Context of Motivation\u003cbr\u003e   Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Sources and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732929392983,"sku":"9780226824000","price":24.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226824000.jpg?v=1719998990"},{"product_id":"planktonia-9780228103837","title":"Planktonia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlanktonia invites readers to dive into the dazzling nighttime ocean. Countless microscopic plankton ascend to the upper waters to feed, returning to the depths before sunrise. These tiny planktonic creatures are delicate and beautiful; some look terrifying; and most look nothing like the creatures they will become as adults.","brand":"Firefly Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732942336343,"sku":"9780228103837","price":23.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780228103837.jpg?v=1719999032"},{"product_id":"the-blue-commons-9780241475881","title":"The Blue Commons","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF 2022 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A landmark book... \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Commons \u003c\/i\u003eis at once a brilliant synthesis, a searing analysis, and an inspiring call to action.'' - David Bollier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''With remarkable erudition, passion and lyricism, Guy Standing commands the reader to wake up to the threat posed by rentier capitalism''s violent policies for extraction, exploitation and depletion of that which is both common to us all, but also vital to our survival: the sea and all within it.'' - Ann Pettifor  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Shines a bright light on the economy of the oceans, directing us brilliantly towards where a sustainable future lies.'' - Danny Dorling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This is a powerful, visionary book - essential reading for all who yearn for a better world.'' - Jason Hickel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sea provides more than half the oxygen we breathe, food for billions of people and livelihoods for hundreds of millions. 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