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The Resource Ocean speaks : how Marie Tharp revealed the ocean's biggest secret, words by Jess Keating ; pictures by Katie Hickey

Ocean speaks : how Marie Tharp revealed the ocean's biggest secret, words by Jess Keating ; pictures by Katie Hickey

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'From a young age, Marie Tharp loved watching the world. She loved solving problems. And she loved pushing the limits of what girls and women were expected to do and be. In the mid-twentieth century, women were not welcome in the sciences, but Marie was tenacious. She got a job at a laboratory in New York. But then she faced another barrier: women were not allowed on the research ships (they were considered bad luck on boats). So instead, Marie stayed back and dove deep into the data her colleagues recorded. She mapped point after point and slowly revealed a deep rift valley in the ocean floor. At first the scientific community refused to believe her, but her evidence was irrefutable. She proved to the world that her research was correct. The mid-ocean ridge that Marie discovered is the single largest geographic feature on the planet, and she mapped it all from her small, cramped office." -- Amazon.com
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eng
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Ocean speaks : how Marie Tharp revealed the ocean's biggest secret
Title
Ocean speaks
Title remainder
how Marie Tharp revealed the ocean's biggest secret
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words by Jess Keating ; pictures by Katie Hickey
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How Marie Tharp revealed the ocean's biggest secret
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Language
eng
Summary
'From a young age, Marie Tharp loved watching the world. She loved solving problems. And she loved pushing the limits of what girls and women were expected to do and be. In the mid-twentieth century, women were not welcome in the sciences, but Marie was tenacious. She got a job at a laboratory in New York. But then she faced another barrier: women were not allowed on the research ships (they were considered bad luck on boats). So instead, Marie stayed back and dove deep into the data her colleagues recorded. She mapped point after point and slowly revealed a deep rift valley in the ocean floor. At first the scientific community refused to believe her, but her evidence was irrefutable. She proved to the world that her research was correct. The mid-ocean ridge that Marie discovered is the single largest geographic feature on the planet, and she mapped it all from her small, cramped office." -- Amazon.com
Biography type
individual biography
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Keating, Jess
Dewey number
526.092
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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Hickey, Katie
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  • Tharp, Marie
  • Cartographers
  • Women cartographers
  • Geomorphologists
  • Submarine topography
  • Tharp, Marie
  • Cartographers
  • Women cartographers
  • Geomorphologists
  • Submarine topography
  • Women
  • Tharp, Marie
  • Cartographers
  • Geomorphologists
  • Submarine topography
  • Women cartographers
  • United States
Target audience
juvenile
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Ocean speaks : how Marie Tharp revealed the ocean's biggest secret, words by Jess Keating ; pictures by Katie Hickey
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Includes one fold-out page
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Includes bibliographical references
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
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on1091191220
Dimensions
26 cm
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1 volume (unpaged)
Isbn
9780735265080
Lccn
2019938103
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
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(OCoLC)1091191220
Label
Ocean speaks : how Marie Tharp revealed the ocean's biggest secret, words by Jess Keating ; pictures by Katie Hickey
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes one fold-out page
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1091191220
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
1 volume (unpaged)
Isbn
9780735265080
Lccn
2019938103
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1091191220

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