Marine Minerals: Exploring Our New Ocean Frontier

by Office of Technology Assessment

Throughout history, man has been fascinated by the mysteries that lay hidden below the ocean surface. Jules Verne, the 19th century novelist, author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, captured the imagination and curiosity of the public with his fictional -but nonetheless farsighted- accounts of undersea exploration and adventure. Since his classic portrayal of life beneath the ocean, technology has enabled us to bridge the gap between Jules Verne's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410217841
• ISBN13: 9781410217844
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.0"