Extremes: Oceanography’s Adventures at the Poles History of Technology building and leading that world-renowned

building and leading that world-renowned department for nearly 30 years

as well as new studies of a host of early modern notables of diverse stripes such as Newton

the disruption of civic life and economy and the medical and public health response to this epidemic have turned it into a historical and historiographical case study par excellence

and several important documents also appear in print for the very first time

Her book does more than fill a biographical gap

Extremes: Oceanography’s Adventures at the Poles History of Technology building and leading that world-renownedBenson, Keith R., and Helen M. Rozwadowski, eds., 2007, xiv + 393pp., illus. . . . Papers emphasize exploration and history of oceanographic research at the poles from the late 19th century onward, and describe contexts and purposes of polar exploration driving the objectives of individual nations . . . several papers are particularly good . . . Choice, October 2007 . . . Polar science today is subject to some of the same national and cultural forces