The New World of the Oceans Author:Daniel Behrman A panoramic survey of the depths of the earth's ocean - what we know about them and what we are trying to find out. — "A splendid book... He writes in a lively, witty style and is highly skilled at bringing technical matters withins the grasp of the layman. Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us was a pioneer book. The New World of the Oceans goes f... more »ar beyond it. We meet, both in text and pictures, a gallery of remarkable, colorful, intellectually and sometimes physically adventuresome men."
- Edmund Fuller in Wall Street Journal
"An excellent introduction to this newest effort to understand the oceans - our greatest and most neglected asset." - New York Post« less