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Ocean Speaks

How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret

ISBN-13: 9780735265080

Contributor(s): Jess Keating (author), Katie Hickey (illustrated by)

Subject: Childrens General Non Fiction

Publisher Imprint: Tundra

Publication Date: 25-06-2020

Format: Hardback

Availability: In stock

£16.99

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About the book

From a young age, Marie Tharp wanted to be a scientist. In the mid-twentieth century, women were not welcome in the sciences, but Marie got a job in a laboratory at Cambridge University, New York. But then she faced another barrier: women were not allowed on the research ships (they were considered bad luck on boats). So instead, Marie mapped point after point and slowly revealed a deep rift valley in the ocean floor. She mapped the single largest geographic feature on the planet, all from her small, cramped office.