{"product_id":"biological-oceanography-eric-mills-9781442613720","title":"Biological Oceanography: An Early History, 1870-1960","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1989, Eric L. Mills's comprehensive history of biological oceanography has been praised as 'superb' (\u003cem\u003eBioScience\u003c\/em\u003e) and 'proof that history need not be dull' (\u003cem\u003eThe Northern Mariner\u003c\/em\u003e). This first history of the field, which chronicles the scientific work and creativity of its chief contributors, tells a riveting \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003estory that is far from narrowly scientific and thoroughly accessible to general readers.\u003cp\u003e Mills shows how the work and ideas of the main actors are inseparable from some seemingly unrelated factors, including Prussian imperialism, agricultural chemistry, microbiology, and the problems of German universities. Mills also illustrates the significant roles played in the field's development by the failures of commercial fisheries, the development of analytical chemistry, the establishment of international scientific organizations, and sheer scientific curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of \u003cem\u003eBiological Oceanography \u003c\/em\u003eincludes a fresh introduction by the author, as well as an original foreword by noted oceanographer John Cullen. It makes an excellent companion to Mills's recent history of mathematical and physical oceanography, the multi-award-winning and widely acclaimed \u003cem\u003eThe Fluid Envelope of Our Planet\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Mills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442613726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442613720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Eric Mills","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444896411903,"sku":"9781442613720","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d75e132-7cac-4153-8ca6-2d62278070d8.jpg?v=1777215278","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/biological-oceanography-eric-mills-9781442613720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}