The mysterious science of the sea, 1775-1943

• Verfasst von: Adamowsky, Natascha
• Titel: The mysterious science of the sea, 1775-1943
• Verf.angabe: by Natascha Adamowsky
• Verlagsort: London
• Verlag: Pickering & Chatto
• Jahr: 2015
• Umfang: IX, 246 S.
• Illustrationen: Ill.
• Format: 24 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: History and philosophy of technoscience ; Number 8
• Fussnoten: Bibliogr. p. 177-207
• ISBN: 1-84893-532-3
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-532-7
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Océanographie
• Sach-SW: Océanographie
• K10plus-PPN: 832883158

Abstract

Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction: Perspectives on the Epistemology and Aesthetics of Oceanic Wonders; 1 Wondrous and Terrible Sea ; Stations of an Unknown Modernity; 2 Wonder and Mystery; 3 Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea: The Overture to a Passion; 4 Mise-en-Scène: Invented Realities, or the Mediality of Wonders ; The Sea in the Aquarium; 5 Mise-en-Action: Asleep in the Deep; Epilogue; Works Cited; Notes; Index