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2006, Oceanography 19(1):192–194, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.106
BOOK REVIEW | Sounds in the Sea:
From Ocean Acoustics to Acoustical Oceanography
Book Information | Reviewer | First Paragraph | Full Review | Citation
Book Information
Sounds in the Sea: From Ocean Acoustics to Acoustical Oceanography
By Herman Medwin, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 670 pages, ISBN 052182950X,
Hardcover, $100 US
Reviewer
Walter Munk | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
First Paragraph
My review copy came with the following note attached:
Dear Reviewers of Sounds in the Sea:
Some of us have the audacity to believe that ocean exploration is more important to mankind than space exploration. And we have the wisdom to understand that current acoustical studies, which use frequencies from a fraction of a hertz to several megahertz, and which include ranges up to half way around the world, are far more effective at sea than optical efforts which operate over only a single octave (frequency ratio 2 to 1) and achieve ranges of only a few meters...
Full Review
Citation
Munk, W. 2006. Review of Sounds in the Sea: From Ocean Acoustics to Acoustical Oceanography,
by H. Medwin. Oceanography 19(1):192–194, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.106.