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Borne on a Black Current
Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science
by Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano
HarperCollins Publishers
The seas are full of the cast-offs of humanity, from tub toys that have fallen off container ships to boats swept away in storms to bottled messages deliberately set adrift. That flotsam has given oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer insight into marine currents and how they have influenced the course of history. I
Reading New York
IN September, New Yorkers will celebrate the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s voyage, and if you ever wondered what Hudson encountered when he arrived, you can turn for answers to Eric W. Sanderson, who reimagines 1609 Manhattan in stunning and exuberant detail. Read the rest of this entry »
