A to Z of Marine Scientists

A comprehensive, single-volume A-to-Z reference, A to Z of Marine Scientists profiles approximately 140 scientists who have contributed significantly to the field of marine science. Designed for middle and high school students, this is an ideal reference to notable male and female scientists, from antiquity to the present. Emphasizing the scientists' contributions to the field as well as their effects on scientists in marine science and related fields who followed, A to Z of Marine Scientists will lead students and library users through the important and fascinating aspects of the lives of those profiled as well as exposing readers to the history of many important scientific and technological innovations. Entries include: Aristotle: Greek natural scientist Bede: English natural scientist Girolamo Cardano: Italian mathematician Jacques Cousteau: French environmentalist Johan Goethe: German natural philosopher Matonori Matsuyama: Japanese geologist, geophysicist Nils Nordenskjold: Swedish explorer, historian of science Mary Rathbon: American invertebrate biologist Marie Tharp: American cartographer J. Tuzo Wilson: Canadian geophysicist.