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A memoir by Eugene Shinn of his life in geological field science. In this book, he shares the highs and lows of his remarkable life. Taking readers around the globe as well as below the ocean, he recounts the painstaking process of data gathering that can lead to paradigm-breaking discoveries. He em...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shinn, Eugene A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Subjects:
Shinn, Eugene A.
Geologists > United States > Biography.
Geology > United States > History.
Géologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Geologists
Geology
United States
Autobiography
Biography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : A modern horror story
  • Beginnings and early years
  • The Shell years
  • The Netherlands and the Persian Gulf
  • Return to Stateside Shell
  • The U.S. Geological Survey
  • St. Petersburg and a new beginning
  • Epilogue.

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