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All of the Earth's ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a blue machine.
Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself: what it does, why it works, and the many ways it has influenced animals, weather and human history & culture.
In a book that will recalibrate our view of this defining feature of our planet, physicist Helen Czerski dives deep to illuminate the murky depths of the ocean engine, examining the messengers, passengers and voyagers that live in it, travel over it, and survive because of it. From the ancient Polynesians who navigated the Pacific by reading the waves to permanent residents of the deep such as the Greenland shark that can live for hundreds of years, she explains the vast currents, invisible ocean walls and underwater waterfalls that all have their place in the ocean's complex, interlinked system.
Timely, elegant and passionately argued, Blue Machine presents a fresh perspective on what it means to be a citizen of an ocean planet. The understanding it offers is crucial to our future. Drawing on years of experience at the forefront of marine science, Helen Czerski captures the magnitude and subtlety of Earth's defining feature, showing us the thrilling extent to which we are at the mercy of this great engine.
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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
2024, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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1324086343 9781324086345
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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World
2024, Penguin Books, Limited
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1804991961 9781804991961
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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
2023, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., W. W. Norton & Company
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1324006714 9781324006718
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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World
2023-06-01, Torva
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1911709100 9781911709107
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The Blue Machine: HOW THE OCEAN WORKS
Oct 03, 2023, Random House Audio
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0593860969 9780593860960
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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
2023, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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1324006722 9781324006725
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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
2023, Transworld Publishers Limited
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1911709119 9781911709114
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