This text brings together an internationally distinguished group of authors to consider the enormous advances in marine science that have been achieved since the voyages of HMS Challenger in the 19th century. The whole spectrum of the marine sciences are covered.
This is a study of those who pioneered the scientific study of the sea, asking, what motives did these scientists have for pursuing the study of the sea? Did they think of themselves as contributing to a "science of the sea"? And how were they representative of the scientific community?
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