| Contents Notes |
Mother Sea. Gray beginnings ; The pattern of the surface ; The changing year ; The sunless sea ; Hidden lands ; The long snowfall ; The birth of an island ; The shape of ancient seas -- The restless sea. Wind and water ; Wind, sun, and the spinning of the Earth ; The moving tides -- Man and the sea about him. The global thermostat ; Wealth from the salt sea ; The encircling sea -- Appendix -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index. "In this newly revised and illustrated edition of her world-famous, award-winning classic, Rachel Carson reveals the science and poetry of the sea from its primal beginnings to the latest scientific probings of its tantalizing mysteries. Oceanography made great strides during the exciting decade of the fifties; new discoveries were made, and Miss Carson describes the most important findings in the Appendix in a series of notes keyed to the original text."--Back cover. |
