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