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Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers

Title
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.
Author
Winchester, Simon
Publication
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

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Description
xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-463) and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JBE 16-346
ISBN
  • 9780062315410
  • 0062315412
LCCN
2015020468
OCLC
2015020468
Author
Winchester, Simon, author.
Title
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.
Publisher
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-463) and index.
Research Call Number
JBE 16-346
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