The text's engaging features and the extensive suite of animations and videos keep students interested and excited about the material.
Now updated to be more student-oriented, this textbook offers an insightful, ecologically sensitive presentation of the relationship of scientific principles to ocean phenomena.
The many friends and colleagues whom we have bounced ideas off deserve special recognition including Karen Baker, Mary Blasius, Erik Bender, Jim Schneider, Kelli Elliott, Jan Goerrissen, Nick Contopoulos, Jerome Fang, Jenell Schwab, ...
“How do the oceans work?” Essentials of Oceanography takes an interdisciplinary approach to help students answer this question.
"How do the oceans work?" To help students find the answers, Trujillo and Thurman present in-depth and rigorous discussions of oceanographic concepts and demystify the science for the non-science student.
For courses in Oceanography. Oceanography: The Geological, Chemical, Biological, and Physical Essentials of Oceanography guides readers through the complexities of what lies beneath the ocean. With an interdisciplinary approach and...
Essentials of Oceanography
Essentials of Oceanography
The new edition was created as part of a unique partnership with the National Geographic Society, an organization that represents a tradition of inspiring stories, exceptional research, and first-hand accounts of exploration.
This book is a briefer version of the author's Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science. Essentials offers current, balanced coverage of the geological, physical, biological, and ecological aspects of oceanography...
“How do the oceans work?” To help you find the answers, Trujillo and Thurman present in-depth discussions of oceanographic concepts and demystify the science even for non-science students. Their systems...
This book is a briefer version of the authors Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science.
Essentials of Oceanography
Essentials of Oceanography
Garrison's clear and current ESSENTIALS OF OCEANOGRAPHY is based on his bigger Oceanography text. However, unlike competing books, which are simply abbreviated versions of a larger text, ESSENTIALS is crafted...
With this book, bestselling authors Tom Garrison and Robert Ellis illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of marine science and give students the most dynamic and current introduction to oceanography available today.
Essentials of Oceanography