The Resource Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers, Simon Winchester, (large type)
Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers, Simon Winchester, (large type)
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The item Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers, Simon Winchester, (large type) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Spokane Public Library.
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- Summary
- The New York Times best-selling author of The Men Who United the States traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First HarperLuxe edition.
- Extent
- xv, 693 pages (large print)
- Contents
-
- The great thermonuclear sea
- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution
- The ecstasies of wave riding
- A dire and dangerous irritation
- Farewell, all my friends and foes
- Echoes of distant thunder
- How goes the lucky country?
- The fires in the deep
- A fragile and uncertain sea
- Of masters and commanders
- Epilogue: the call of the running tide
- Isbn
- 9780062421630
- Label
- Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers
- Title
- Pacific
- Title remainder
- silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Winchester
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The New York Times best-selling author of The Men Who United the States traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winchester, Simon
- Dewey number
- 909/.09823
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pacific Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Ocean and civilization
- Pacific Ocean
- Winchester, Simon
- Label
- Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers, Simon Winchester, (large type)
- Bibliography note
- Incudes bibliographical references (pages 659-693)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The great thermonuclear sea -- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution -- The ecstasies of wave riding -- A dire and dangerous irritation -- Farewell, all my friends and foes -- Echoes of distant thunder -- How goes the lucky country? -- The fires in the deep -- A fragile and uncertain sea -- Of masters and commanders -- Epilogue: the call of the running tide
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First HarperLuxe edition.
- Extent
- xv, 693 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780062421630
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
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- ocn907141161
- 584595
- (OCoLC)907141161
- Label
- Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers, Simon Winchester, (large type)
- Bibliography note
- Incudes bibliographical references (pages 659-693)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The great thermonuclear sea -- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution -- The ecstasies of wave riding -- A dire and dangerous irritation -- Farewell, all my friends and foes -- Echoes of distant thunder -- How goes the lucky country? -- The fires in the deep -- A fragile and uncertain sea -- Of masters and commanders -- Epilogue: the call of the running tide
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First HarperLuxe edition.
- Extent
- xv, 693 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780062421630
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- ocn907141161
- 584595
- (OCoLC)907141161
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