Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers /
Winchester, Simon
Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers / Simon Winchester. - First edition. - xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-463) and index.
The great thermonuclear sea -- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution -- The ecstasies of wave-riding -- A dire and dangerous irritation -- Farewell, all my friends and foes -- Echoes of distant thunder -- How goes the lucky country? -- The fires in the deep -- A fragile and uncertain sea -- Of masters and commanders -- Epilogue: the call of the running tide.
9780062315410 (hardcover) 9780062315427 (softcover)
2015020468
Winchester, Simon--Travel.
Ocean and civilization.
Pacific Ocean--Geography.
Pacific Ocean--History.
Pacific Ocean--Description and travel.
GC771 / .W56 2015
909/.09823
Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers / Simon Winchester. - First edition. - xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-463) and index.
The great thermonuclear sea -- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution -- The ecstasies of wave-riding -- A dire and dangerous irritation -- Farewell, all my friends and foes -- Echoes of distant thunder -- How goes the lucky country? -- The fires in the deep -- A fragile and uncertain sea -- Of masters and commanders -- Epilogue: the call of the running tide.
9780062315410 (hardcover) 9780062315427 (softcover)
2015020468
Winchester, Simon--Travel.
Ocean and civilization.
Pacific Ocean--Geography.
Pacific Ocean--History.
Pacific Ocean--Description and travel.
GC771 / .W56 2015
909/.09823