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Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science |  | Author: Tom S. Garrison
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 9781
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 7
Pages: 608
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9 x 1
ISBN: 049539193X
Dewey Decimal Number: 551
EAN: 9780495391937
ASIN: 049539193X
Publication Date: September 8, 2009
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Product Description
The ocean affects all aspects of our lives, and Tom Garrison will show you how in the new Seventh Edition of OCEANOGRAPHY: AN INVITATION TO MARINE SCIENCE. Garrison takes you on a vivid exploration of the ocean--from submarine canyons to zooplankton, global warming, the growing plastics problem, and our changing coastlines--and explains oceanography's most important concepts. Garrison's engaging, reader-friendly approach helps you understand the complexities involved in how we study and use the ocean. You'll explore topics like Hurricane Katrina; the devastating December 2004 earthquake in the Indian Ocean and the resulting tsunami; the moon and its connection to the ocean; the power of the ocean to influence weather; and uses and abuses of the ocean. Gain an understanding of the wonders of the sea and the scientific questions that surround it with this enjoyable, fascinating book!
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Best textbook I've ever read. March 15, 1999
25 out of 29 found this review helpful
This textbook is very well written. It is ubnderstandible to students and others of all ages and interests. It contains intersting color pictures and graphics about the subject material for each chapter. Each chapter also contains web links to a homepage that accompanies the book. The book is full of intersting personal stories, history, theory, and facts. Dr. Garrison and all who have contributed to this book have set the standard for textbooks and integrated learning for the next decade.
Everyhting you need to know as an intro to marine science September 2, 2007
Kimberly D. Brown
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is very well laid out. I am a teacher and would absolutely recommend this as an intro textbook to marine science. It contains all that you would need to know. great as a first year colledge text or even an advanced high school textbook.
Oceanography is fun December 3, 2008
Maria Clara (San Diego, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my Oceanography class and compared to other Oceanography texts I've come across, this book is definitely more concise and better organized.
 Concise and Precise March 13, 2010
Rodrigo Aluizio (Curitiba, PR BR)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is able to do something extremely difficult. It brings not only the basics of a comprehensive area but it goes further. All this accompanied of amazing illustrations, pictures and an easy to understand writing. The book is ideal for those who need to be introduced to the oceanography and the ones who want to evolve their knowledge about the ocean as a hole, because even biology, chemistry and physics being separate areas of expertise they are not apart in the environment.
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