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'A richly detailed and yet accessible look at the development of biological oceanography.'--Jane Maienschein Isis

'[A superb treatise on the early history of biological oceanography ... Mills has constructed an enormously appealing, readable, and intellectual history of biological oceanography that transcends the subject area and delves into the philosophy of science and its management.' -- Christopher F. D'Elia BioScience 'The book is a must-read for everyone interested in biological oceanography and meets a high standard of scholarship.' -- W.H. Berger Science 'A richly detailed and yet accessible look at the development of biological oceanography.' -- Jane Maienschein Isis 'Eric L. Mills's Biological Oceanography gives proof that history need not be dull ... He writes with ease and grace, and with the characters at his disposal he tells a fine story.' -- Frederick A. Aldrich The Northern Mariner

'[A superb treatise on the early history of biological oceanography ... Mills has constructed an enormously appealing, readable, and intellectual history of biological oceanography that transcends the subject area and delves into the philosophy of science and its management.' -- Christopher F. D'Elia BioScience 'The book is a must-read for everyone interested in biological oceanography and meets a high standard of scholarship.' -- W.H. Berger Science 'A richly detailed and yet accessible look at the development of biological oceanography.' -- Jane Maienschein Isis

'[A superb treatise on the early history of biological oceanography ... Mills has constructed an enormously appealing, readable, and intellectual history of biological oceanography that transcends the subject area and delves into the philosophy of science and its management.' -- Christopher F. D'Elia 'The book is a must-read for everyone interested in biological oceanography and meets a high standard of scholarship.' -- W.H. Berger 'A richly detailed and yet accessible look at the development of biological oceanography.' -- Jane Maienschein

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Eric L. Mills is a professor emeritus in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University and former director of the History of Science and Technology Program at the University of King’s College. He is the winner of the Jehuda Neumann Memorial Prize for the History of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the Royal Meteorological Society.

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