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Marie's ocean : Marie Tharp maps the mountains under the sea / by James, Josie,1965-author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)840348;
Includes bibliographical references.A picture-book biography of Marie Tharp, a pioneering scientist and the first person to ever successfully map the ocean floor.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Picture books.; Tharp, Marie; Cartographers; Cartographers; Geomorphologists; Geomorphologists; Oceanographers; Oceanography; Submarine topography; Women cartographers; Women cartographers; Women oceanographers;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 18
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Soundings : the story of the remarkable woman who mapped the ocean floor / by Felt, Hali,author.(CARDINAL)342125;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-321) and index.Before Marie Tharp's groundbreaking work in the 1950's, the ocean floor was a mystery-then, as now, we knew less about the bottom of the sea than we did about outer space. In a time when women were held back by the casually sexist atmosphere of mid twentieth century academia-a time when trained geologists like Tharp were routinely relegated to the role of secretary or assistant-Tharp's work would completely change the world's understanding of our planet's evolution. By transforming dry data into beautifully detailed maps that laid the ground work for proving the then controversial theory of continental drift, Tharp, along with her lifelong partner, Bruce Heezen, upended scientific consensus and ushered in a new era in geology and oceanography.
Subjects: Biographies.; Tharp, Marie.; Cartographers; Geomorphologists; Women cartographers; Submarine topography.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Soundings : the story of the remarkable woman who mapped the ocean floor / by Felt, Hali.(CARDINAL)342125;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A compelling portrait of one of the most interesting "forgotten" women of the twentieth century, the scientist who mapped, for the first time, the ocean floor. Until Marie Tharp's groundbreaking work in the 1950s, the floor of the ocean was a mystery--then, as now, we knew less about the ocean than we did about outer space. In a time when women in the scientific community were routinely dismissed, Tharp's work changed our understanding of the earth's geologic evolution. While her partner, Bruce Heezen, went on expeditions to collect soundings (records of sonar pings measuring the ocean's depth across its entire expanse), Tharp turned this data into beautiful and controversial maps that laid the groundwork for proving the theory of continental drift. Tharp's maps showed for the first time that the continents were moving and had always been moving and that what had happened over eons under the sea was as "visible" now as looking at the same phenomenon on land. Her maps have been called some of "the most remarkable achievements in modern cartography" and yet no one knows her name. The brilliant young writer Hali Felt captures the romance of scientific discovery and brings to vivid life this pioneering scientist who changed the way we view the earth"--Provided by publisher.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Tharp, Marie.; Cartographers; Geomorphologists; Women cartographers; Submarine topography.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Ocean speaks : how Marie Tharp revealed the ocean's biggest secret / by Keating, Jess,author.(CARDINAL)343451; Hickey, Katie,illustrator.(CARDINAL)804467;
Includes bibliographical references (page 35).'From a young age, Marie Tharp loved watching the world. She loved solving problems. And she loved pushing the limits of what girls and women were expected to do and be. In the mid-twentieth century, women were not welcome in the sciences, but Marie was tenacious. She got a job at a laboratory in New York. But then she faced another barrior: women were not allowed on the research ships (they were considered bad luck on boats). So instead, Marie stayed back and dove deep into the data her colleagues recorded. She mapped point after point and slowly revealed a deep rift valley in the ocean floor. At first the scientific community refused to believe her, but her evidence was irrefutable. She proved to the world that her research was correct. The mid-ocean ridge that Marie discovered is the single largest geographic feature on the planet, and she mapped it all from her small, cramped office."--Accelerated Reader ARHonor winner for the 2021 Janes Addams Books for Younger Children Award.
Subjects: Biographies.; Instructional and educational works.; Picture books.; Tharp, Marie; Cartographers; Geomorphologists; Submarine topography; Women cartographers;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 22
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Solving the puzzle under the sea : Marie Tharp maps the ocean floor / by Burleigh, Robert.(CARDINAL)505479;
Includes bibliographical references."This illustrated biography shares the story of female scientist, Marie Tharp, a pioneering woman scientist and the first person to ever successfully map the ocean floor"--750LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Biographies.; Tharp, Marie.; Tharp, Marie; Cartographers; Cartographers; Geomorphologists; Submarine topography.; Submarine topography; Women cartographers;
Available copies: 40 / Total copies: 44
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