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OceanMiranda MacQuitty
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Ocean

64 pagesFirst published 19958 editions · 3 languages
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Here is an exciting and informative guide to the natural history, geology, and exploration of the world's vast oceans. Superb, color photographs of incredible submersibles, realistic models of the sea floor, and the remarkable animals and plants that make up marine life offer a unique "eyewitness" view of the ocean's hidden wealth. See a sea spider crawling on the ocean floor, ocean research vessels in operation, a cuttlefish disappear in a squirt of ink, inside a decompression chamber, and an octopus escaping a predator by jet propulsion. Learn how a monitoring buoy measure temperature,…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EbookDorling Kindersley Limited2008—9780756643546
EditionDK Pub.2008729780756637767
Edition · chiMao tou ying chu ban she2005649789867415622
EditionDK Pub.2004729780756607104
EditionDorling Kindersley2000639780789466112
Edition · spaAltea1996639788437238128
EditionDorling Kindersley1995649780751360561
EditionA.A. Knopf1995639780679873310
Juvenile literatureOceanMarine animalsOcéanoLiteratura juvenilGeographyNatureNonfiction