Keating Jess - Ocean Speaks How Marie Tharp Revealed The Ocean's Biggest Secret - Hardcover Conservation Of Wildlife & Habitats Barcode: 697777733448

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Keating Jess - Ocean Speaks How Marie Tharp Revealed The Ocean's Biggest Secret - Hardcover Conservation Of Wildlife & Habitats Barcode: 697777733448Binding: Hardcover Description: 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