Comments on: Book review – Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest: The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanography/2023/10/19/book-review-endless-novelties-of-extraordinary-interest-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-challenger-and-the-birth-of-modern-oceanography/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:18:27 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Book review – Mysteries of the Deep: How Seafloor Drilling Expeditions Revolutionized Our Understanding of Earth History | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/10/19/book-review-endless-novelties-of-extraordinary-interest-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-challenger-and-the-birth-of-modern-oceanography/comment-page-1/#comment-94994Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:23:59 +0000/?p=18603#comment-94994[…] with other things oceanographic, we can trace the origins of deep-sea drilling to the Challenger expedition. Next to many extraordinary animals, it collected sediment samples using a hollow tube that would […]

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]]>By: Book review – Full Fathom 5000: The Expedition of HMS Challenger and the Strange Animals It Found in the Deep Sea | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/10/19/book-review-endless-novelties-of-extraordinary-interest-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-challenger-and-the-birth-of-modern-oceanography/comment-page-1/#comment-94987Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:03:04 +0000/?p=18603#comment-94987[…] oceanography. I previously discussed this remarkable voyage in my review of Doug Macdougall’s Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest. Since that book nourished but did not yet sate my curiosity, I vowed to read Full Fathom 5000, a […]

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]]>By: inquisitivebiologist/2023/10/19/book-review-endless-novelties-of-extraordinary-interest-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-challenger-and-the-birth-of-modern-oceanography/comment-page-1/#comment-94585Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:48:14 +0000/?p=18603#comment-94585In reply to johnpwagner.

Thank you very much John, glad you are finding the reviews useful!

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]]>By: johnpwagner/2023/10/19/book-review-endless-novelties-of-extraordinary-interest-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-challenger-and-the-birth-of-modern-oceanography/comment-page-1/#comment-94584Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:37:35 +0000/?p=18603#comment-94584Another outstanding review and analysis. I always learn so much from your reviews, and I also especially like the thumbnails of related books at the bottom. You are an absolute treasure!

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]]>By: Book review – Ocean Worlds: The Story of Seas on Earth and Other Planets | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/10/19/book-review-endless-novelties-of-extraordinary-interest-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-challenger-and-the-birth-of-modern-oceanography/comment-page-1/#comment-94583Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:54:07 +0000/?p=18603#comment-94583[…] this research. Such as the pioneering contributions to oceanography by the people on board the HMS Challenger expedition, the mapping of the seafloor by Marie Tharp, or the work of Wally Broecker who established a link […]

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]]>By: Book review – The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/10/19/book-review-endless-novelties-of-extraordinary-interest-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-challenger-and-the-birth-of-modern-oceanography/comment-page-1/#comment-94582Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:52:41 +0000/?p=18603#comment-94582[…] and geysers on land” (p. 97). Woven throughout is a history of scientific exploration, from the first oceanographic expeditions to today’s robotic submersibles, and from pioneering deep-sea explorers to today’s […]

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]]>By: Book review – Marvelous Microfossils: Creators, Timekeepers, Architects | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/10/19/book-review-endless-novelties-of-extraordinary-interest-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-challenger-and-the-birth-of-modern-oceanography/comment-page-1/#comment-94581Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:51:30 +0000/?p=18603#comment-94581[…] counterpart, plankton. One vignette covers the birth of oceanography, notably the 1872–1876 H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, another later deep-sea drilling projects such as Glomar Challenger and JOIDES […]

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]]>By: Book review – Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/10/19/book-review-endless-novelties-of-extraordinary-interest-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-challenger-and-the-birth-of-modern-oceanography/comment-page-1/#comment-94580Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:49:38 +0000/?p=18603#comment-94580[…] and featured here extensively by McCann, was HMS Challenger expedition, which has been hailed as birthing modern oceanography. It also saw merchant’s vessels take crazy risks to try and find shorter routes to India. […]

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