Dive to the Deep Ocean: Voyages of Exploration and Discovery

From: The American Biology Teacher | Date: August 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Dive to the Deep Ocean: Voyages of Exploration and Discovery. By Deborah Kovacs. 2000. Raintree Steck-Vaughn Company (ISBN 0-739-841234-3). 48 pp. Hardback $27.11; paperback $8.95. (ages 10-14)

This book is written for readers of ages 10-14 but could be considered for 10 to adult. Three generations of deep sea research vehicles are described. The inventors and scientists who used them are presented.

The story begins in 1938 as Allyn Vine, a graduate student at the newly formed Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, ponders how to study depths of the ocean. At that time, there was a research ...

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