Sea Around Us, The.
Carson, Rachel L. The Sea Around Us. Drawings by Katherine L. Howe. New York: Oxford University Press, 1951.
8vo.; patterned paper-covered boards; dust-jacket; light wear.
First edition of Carson’s second work, grounded in her articles written for Atlantic Naturalist, Nature Magazine, The New Yorker, Science Digest, and The Yale Review. Published a decade after her first success, this best-selling account of the history of the earth’s oceans garnered the National Book Award and was published into nearly three dozen languages. Drawing on the most recent oceanographic studies and including information previously available only to scientists and industry professionals, Carson “answers many questions that have puzzled the layman” in a style geared towards educating and entertaining a broad audience without sacrificing the erudition and exactitude of the scientist.
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