An edition of Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers (2015)

Pacific

Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers

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An edition of Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers (2015)

Pacific

Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers

First edition.

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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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Harper, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Pages
492

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Travel Ocean and civilization Geography Description and travel History nyt:expeditions-disasters-and-adventures=2015-11-08 New York Times bestseller Civilization Ocean Kultur Zivilisation Geopolitik Pacific area, history Pacific ocean, description and travel

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Simon Winchester

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Pacific Ocean
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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
2015, Harper, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
909/.09823
Library of Congress
GC771 .W56 2015, GC771.W56 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 492 pages
Number of pages
492

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27188652M
ISBN 10
0062315412, 0062315420
ISBN 13
9780062315410, 9780062315427
LCCN
2015020468
OCLC/WorldCat
915741427

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Work ID
OL20008566W

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