Scientists and the Sea, 1650–1900

Some reviews of the first edition - ’extremely readable, exhaustively documented and well referenced’ Times Higher Education Supplement ’Margaret Deacon’s pathbreaking monograph is...especially welcome. In 400 pages she has magisterially surveyed the history of man’s knowledge of the oceans from the beginnings to the turn of the twentieth century - the first time this has been done with depth and authority’ Isis Second edition: 'Scientists and the Sea....should be considered required reading for any serious student of the sea.' The Northern Mariner, Vol. VIII, No. 2 ’..a must-have volume even for those lucky enough to have a copy of the first edition....Scientists and the Sea is as vital and important now as it was during the formative stages of our discipline and it has been complemented by the new material added in the second edition. No one interested in the history of the marine sciences should be without it.’ History of Oceanography, No. 10 'a magnificent survey of the origins and growth of oceanography from the time of ancient Greece...To the original text Deacon has added a new introduction and an extensively updated bibliography, both of which enhance its importance and relevance....Of this edition, as of the first, one can say that Scientists and the Sea should be the starting point for any historian studying the history of oceanography or marine biology.' ISIS, Vol. 89, No. 4 'Over a quarter of a century after its original publication in 1971, Deacon’s book remains the primary reference source for history of marine science...Several additions to the text in the second edition make it much more valuable than the original..Deacon’s introduction to the second edition..provides an excellent historiographic orientation to the field.' Earth Sciences History, Vol. 17, No. 2