Oceanography's Double Life
Affiliation:
1. The Honors Program, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416
Abstract
The history of oceanography is currently divided into periods which are bracketed by famous voyages of discovery and exploration. This division scheme makes oceanography look very much like the history of geography. On the other hand, analysis of the development of oceanographic ideas and theories suggests a quite alternate periodic scheme more compatible with the currently employed divisions of the history of geophysics and meteorology. The origins and implications of this bifurcation are discussed, with suggestions for research which might help oceanography toward a more ample acknowledgement of this "double life."
Publisher
History of the Earth Sciences Society
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,History and Philosophy of Science
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