Robert Ballard
Autor(a) de Finding the Titanic
About the Author
Robert Ballard was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1942, and was educated at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Hawaii, the University of Southern California, and the University of Rhode Island, where he received his Ph.D. in 1974. Part explorer, part geologist, part mostrar mais oceanographer, and part marine engineer, Ballard has worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Falmouth, Massachusetts, since 1969. He is currently director of the Center for Marine Exploration there. Ballard is perhaps best known to the general public in connection to the luxury liner Titanic. Ballard organized and participated in the expedition that discovered the ship in 1985. More important, however, is his work in designing underwater survey vehicles and in participating in dives to explore the ocean floor. His work in marine design and engineering, in particular, has led to a dramatic increase in the scope of deep-sea exploration. In the 1960s, Ballard helped develop the Alvin, a deep-sea, three-man submersible equipped with a remote controlled mechanical arm for collecting specimens from the ocean floor. The device played an important role in mid-ocean studies, including exploration of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and dives to the Cayman Trough, a 24,000-foot-deep gash in the ocean floor south of Cuba. Ballard was part of the Galapagos Hydrothermal Expedition in 1977, which discovered and investigated deep-sea thermal vents spouting mineral-rich water from volcanic cracks in the Earth's crust. In the 1980s, Ballard helped develop the Argo-Jason unmanned submersible system, the most advanced craft of its kind. Argo is a 16-foot submersible vehicle and Jason is a self-propelled robot tethered to Argo. The search for the Titanic was undertaken as a test of the Argo-Jason system; the success of the expedition demonstrated its capabilities and, according to Ballard, "ushered in a new era of undersea exploration." The author of several bestselling books on deep-sea exploration, Ballard also contributes regularly to National Geographic and other magazines and he has produced several videotapes of deep-sea expeditions. His reputation as a "science populizer" has prompted harsh criticism from some of his scientific colleagues. In 1985, Ballard was one of four scientists awarded a Secretary of the Navy Research Chair in Oceanography, an award that carries with it an $800,000 grant for oceanographic research. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Robert Ballard
Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History (1995) 260 exemplares
Lost Liners: From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria The Ocean Floor Reveals Its Greatest Ships (1997) 190 exemplares
Adventures in Ocean Exploration : From the Discovery of the Titanic to the Search for Noah's Flood (2001) 110 exemplares
The Renaissance Album 4 exemplares
The solution of the pyramid problem; or, Pyramid discoveries. With a new theory as to their ancient use 3 exemplares
How We Found Titanic 2 exemplares
L'esplorazione degli oceani: dalla scoperta del Titanic alla teoria del diluvio universale (2006) 2 exemplares
Riddle of the Lusitania 1 exemplar
The Bismarck Found 1 exemplar
NR-1: The Navy's Inner-Space Shuttle 1 exemplar
Return to Oases of the Deep 1 exemplar
Dive into the Great Rift: Project Famous II 1 exemplar
HIl Iritrovamento del Titanic 1 exemplar
Window on Earth's Interior 1 exemplar
2nd 3rd 4th Grade Readers Step into Reading Box Set of 4 History ; Titanic, True Life Treasure Hunts, To the Top… (2009) 1 exemplar
Sleep Medicine, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice (The Clinics: Internal Medicine) (2005) 1 exemplar
La grande aventure de l'Exploration des Océans : De la découverte du Titanic à la recherche… (2001) 1 exemplar
Premier livre de tablature de Luth 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contribuidor — 388 exemplares
Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories (2001) — Prefácio — 88 exemplares
Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction 1991 A Thief in the Night | A Coward's Chronicles | The Discovery of the… (1991) 2 exemplares
Terra Marique: Studies in Art History and Marine Archaeology in Honor of Anna Marguerite McCann (2005) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Reading Rainbow: Sunken Treasure [1990 TV episode] — Narrador — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Ballard, Robert
- Nome legal
- Ballard, Robert Duane
- Outros nomes
- Ballard, Robert D.
- Data de nascimento
- 1942-06-30
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Wichita, Kansas, USA
- Educação
- University of California, Santa Barbara (BS|1965)
University of Hawaii (MS|1966)
University of Southern California
University of Rhode Island (Ph.D|1974) - Ocupações
- archaeologist
professor
writer
oceanographer - Organizações
- United States Navy
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
University of Rhode Island
United States Army - Prémios e menções honrosas
- National Humanities Medal (2003)
Caird Medal (2002)
Explorers Club Medal (1995)
Lone Sailor Award (1996)
Kilby International Award (1994)
Golden Plate Award (1990)
Membros
Discussions
Non-fiction (children's ?) about the discovery of the Titanic em Name that Book (Fevereiro 2016)
Críticas
I found this used after reading "Dead Wake" and noting it in Larson's bibliography. It is a nice pictorial companion to that book. The Goodreads database says there is no hardcover version of this book, but that is what I have.
Perhaps one of my all time favorite childhood books. I was and always have been so fascinated by shipwrecks. This book does an amazing job at diving into the stories behind not just the sinking, but what lead up to them and the state of the world at the time. I am still amazed at how well presented this book is to the point that even as an adult I still look at my copy every once and a while after all these years.
This is Dr. Robert Ballard's account of how he discovered the Titanic lying on the bottom of the sea after 73 years without being found, It is insightful, informative and fascinating to read as he explains the triumphs and frustrations associated with his determination to find answers as to what happened to the great ship. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting a glimpse into this historic event.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 58
- Also by
- 16
- Membros
- 6,440
- Popularidade
- #3,822
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 58
- ISBN
- 209
- Línguas
- 9
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
Robert Ballard was a scientist who wanted to explore the ocean in hopes of finding the Titanic wreckage. This tells of his journey to do so (he was part of the first team to discover where it was on the ocean floor in 1985), as he created some of the video technology to do that.
This was mostly good. There were a few parts that got bogged down in detail explaining the technology or what was working (or not) that was, at times, a bit too much for me. As with many nonfiction books, it was a slow read, but overall, I still liked it. It was unfortunate that, in finding the wreckage, others followed suit and “raided” the site. Ballard had hoped that everything would remain there in its own graveyard, but of course, that didn’t happen, in the end. At the time, he was surprised at how much interest there still was in the Titanic. I did like how he would sometimes explain what they were seeing as they explored, then tie it to the real people and/or happenings on the ship in 1912. There were some amazing (colour) photographs in the book, as well – pictures of what he saw when he was underwater looking at the Titanic.… (mais)