Winchester, Simon <br/><br/>
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 
 - New York  : Harper Luxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers  , 2015 
 - 693 p.  : illus.  ; 23 cm 
<br/><br/>Prologue : The lonely sea and the sky -- Author's note : On carbon -- 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. 
<br/><br/> This book traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780062421630 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Winchester, Simon
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Travel
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Pacific Ocean---Geography
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Large type books
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>LARP 909.0982 WIN