"An Introduction to the World's Oceans, Tenth Edition", is an introductory oceanography text intended for students without a background in mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, or biology. It emphasizes the role of basic scientific principles in helping understand the processes that govern the ocean and the earth. To keep the text as current as possible, the authors conduct...(展开全部)

"An Introduction to the World's Oceans, Tenth Edition", is an introductory oceanography text intended for students without a background in mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, or biology. It emphasizes the role of basic scientific principles in helping understand the processes that govern the ocean and the earth. To keep the text as current as possible, the authors conduct...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·斯塔夫里迪斯，美国海军上将(已退役)，毕业于美国海军学院，在美国海军服役逾35年，曾指挥过多艘驱逐舰和一个航母战斗群。服役期的最后7年获美国海军四星上将军衔，担任北约欧洲盟军司令近4年。退役后，斯塔夫里迪斯在2013年被任命为塔夫茨大学弗莱彻法律与外交学院院长。曾在《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》发表过多篇关于全球安全问题的文章。

From one of the most admired admirals of his generation—and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO—comes a remarkable voyage through all of the world’s most important bodies of water, providing the story of naval power as a driver of human history and a crucial element in our current geopolitical path. From the time of the Greeks and the Persians clashin...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·斯塔夫里迪斯，美国海军上将(已退役)，毕业于美国海军学院，在美国海军服役逾35年，曾指挥过多艘驱逐舰和一个航母战斗群。服役期的最后7年获美国海军四星上将军衔，担任北约欧洲盟军司令近4年。退役后，斯塔夫里迪斯在2013年被任命为塔夫茨大学弗莱彻法律与外交学院院长。曾在《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》发表过多篇关于全球安全问题的文章。

From one of the most admired admirals of his generation—and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO—comes a remarkable voyage through all of the world’s most important bodies of water, providing the story of naval power as a driver of human history and a crucial element in our current geopolitical path. From the time of the Greeks and the Persians clashin...(展开全部)

Mastery of the sea has been crucial in European history: the transition from the medieval to the modern world was marked by the emergence of European ships from their home waters out into the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Solving the problem of ocean navigation was an essential prelude to achieving international powers. In their sea-charts the maritime nations left a uni...(展开全部)

Mastery of the sea has been crucial in European history: the transition from the medieval to the modern world was marked by the emergence of European ships from their home waters out into the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Solving the problem of ocean navigation was an essential prelude to achieving international powers. In their sea-charts the maritime nations left a uni...(展开全部)

From the pyramids and the Parthenon to the Sydney Opera House and the Bilbao Guggenheim, this book takes readers on an eye-opening tour of the mathematics behind some of the world's most spectacular buildings. Beautifully illustrated, the book explores the milestones in elementary mathematics that enliven the understanding of these buildings and combines this with an in-depth l...(展开全部)

The 4.4-billion-year history of the oceans and their role in Earth's climate system It has often been said that we know more about the moon than we do about our own oceans. In fact, we know a great deal more about the oceans than many people realize. Scientists know that our actions today are shaping the oceans and climate of tomorrow--and that if we continue to act recklessly,...(展开全部)