Sea Legs: Tales of a Woman Oceanographer |
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| Title: | Sea Legs: Tales of a Woman Oceanographer |
| Author: | Kathleen Crane |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Type: | Book / Hardcover |
| Publication Date: | January, 2003 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0813340047 / 9780813340043 |
| List Price: | $27.50 |
| You Save: | $22.50 |
| Amazon Price: | $5.00 (via Amazon marketplace seller) |
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Product Description
Sea Legs is the story of Kathleen Crane, one of the first women oceanographers out of UCSD's world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography. By turns autobiographical and objective, Crane tells how her quest for freedom led her to the sea and her research of deep-sea underwater volcanoes. As a consequence of the difficulty of working in the U.S. gender segregated society during the 70s, she felt her only scientific future lay with cooperation with Europeans and even the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. In the process she became an "accidental diplomat." An explorer, environmentalist, and filmmaker, Crane's story encompasses the world's oceans, politics, and international relations, scientific espionage, ships, and a passion for the natural world. At its heart, however, it's a story about humanity and the forces that drive people to persevere, despite the odds, and do the things they love.
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Customer Reviews:
• A Memorable And Informative Autobiographical Journey
08 April, 2003
Sea Legs: Tales Of A Woman Oceanographer is the personal and inspiring story of Kathleen Crane, one of the first female oceanographers to earn her credentials at the world-famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. From research on undersea volcanoes, to meeting and befriending Soviet Union scientists during the height of the cold war, Sea Legs is a memorable and informative autobiographical journey filled with a love of science, a respect for the sea, and the sheer joy of reaching out to embrace the world.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Required Reading For Entering Oceanography Students.
06 October, 2009
There's a prof at Scripps who tells his entering students to read this book. I concur. I know many of the characters in the book and I believe Dr. Crane has accurately portrayed them. The nastiness of some of the characters is not gender based - the individuals will screw both genders equally. It's hard for me to tell when it's gender based or not; the people are just nasty, high strung, insecure people.
- Amazon Customer Review
• A Fascinating Page Turner
03 July, 2004
I really didn't know what to expect when I picked up Kathleen Crane's memoirs of her experiences in graduate school at Scripps and her professional life. To many, it might seem that a book on oceanography is a bit too esoteric or "niche" to be of interest to the general public.But "Sea Legs" is a truly fascinating, deeply (no pun intended) interesting book. For the scientifically inclined, the detailed descriptions of Crane's work will be of great interest. But the general reader benefits the most from this book, as the reader accompanies Crane and her colleagues on numerous voyages of discovery to fascinating destinations. "Sea Legs" is well worth your time, and beleive me, it is a real page turner.
- Amazon Customer Review
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