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Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers  Cover Image E-book E-book

Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers

Winchester, Simon (author.).

Summary: The New York Times best-selling author of The Men Who United the States traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world.

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  • ISBN: 9780062421630 (large print)
  • ISBN: 0062315420
  • ISBN: 9780062315427
  • ISBN: 0062315412
  • ISBN: 9780062315410
  • ISBN: 0062315439
  • ISBN: 9780062315434
  • ISBN: 0008162484
  • ISBN: 9780008162481
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource.
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The great thermonuclear sea -- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution -- The ecstasies of wave-riding -- A dire and dangerous irritation -- Farewell, all my friends and foes -- Echoes of distant thunder -- How goes the lucky country? -- The fires in the deep -- A fragile and uncertain sea -- Of masters and commanders -- Epilogue: the call of the running tide.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Pacific Ocean
Discoveries in geography
Winchester, Simon Travel
Pacific Ocean Description and travel
Ocean and civilization
Pacific Ocean History
Pacific Ocean Geography
Genre: Electronic books.

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