![]() While doing all this she must have read a fine variety of literature, for her chapters are headed by unusually apt quotations from authors as diverse as Homer, Matthew Arnold and The The sea in ships to probe the sea’s insides. She must have learned how to talk with oceanographers, those salty and crusty scientists who go down to ![]() She must have read many bristling books about tides and ocean currents and felt the thrill and mystery that lie deeply buried in them. The squidgy inhabitants of muddy pools at low tide. However, her duties must leave her plenty of time for more pleasant activities, such as watching the sea from the bows of ships, strolling on clean-swept beaches, day-dreaming over maps and making friends with This means, presumably, that she gets out those bulletins about birds, beasts and fish that the serviceĭistributes so lavishly. Carson is a marine biologist who wears the unlikely title of editor in chief of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Yet neither scientists nor poets should object to “The Sea Around Us.” It is written with precision more than sufficient for its purpose, and its style and imagination make it a joy to read. ![]() When scientists write about the sea their bleak and technical jargon paralyzes poets. Hen poets write about the sea their errors annoy scientists. And His Wonders in the Deep By JONATHAN NORTON LEONARD ![]()
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