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VIVA BOOKS PRIVATE LIMITED Encyclopedia of Marine Science by C Reid Nichols Robert G. William
Marine science is an interdisciplinary field that supports research and general interest across many areas including oceans marginal seas and estuaries. The scope of the science continues to progress as more advances become known through technology commerce and legislation. Viva-Facts On File Encyclopedia of Marine Science is a comprehensive resources that concentrates on developments of more than a century including treaties and legal issues vessels programs organizations and other topics. The encyclopedia features more than 600 cross-referenced entries that detail a subject’s significance and development in marine science and its relation to other disciplines. The book also includes 20 essays interspersed throughout the text that include biographical profiles on notable pioneers in marine science as well as incisive accounts on issues relevant to marine science (for example waste disposal ocean platforms acoustics and deep-sea drilling). The encyclopedia also includes seven helpful appendixes – a bibliography of print and Web resources; selected major oceans seas gulfs and bays worldwide; a classification of marine organisms; the Periodic Table of the Elements; the Geological Timescale; a list of marine laboratories; a map of the world’s oceans – and a detailed index. Viva –Facts On File Encyclopedia of Marine Science is an indispensable volume that will meet the specific demands of students interested laypeople and working professionals with an interest in this interdisciplinary field.