Deep-Sea Floor Hb
By (Author) Sneed B. Collard
Illustrated by Gregory Wenzel
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
1st February 2003
United States
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction and true stories
591.779
Hardback
29
Width 225mm, Height 292mm, Spine 9mm
426g
Discover the exotic animal life that inhabits the ocean floor. Children will be fascinated to learn how animals, from bioluminescent fish to giant tube worms, survive.A history of deep-sea exploration from sonar to submersibles shows how far scientists have come in their ability to investigate these great depths.
Sneed B. Collard III has been a biologist and a computer scientist. He's put his knowledge and experience to use by writing more than thirty children's books, including MANY BIOMES, ONE EARTH; BEAKS; and TEETH. He began writing after graduating with honors in marine biology from the University of California at Berkeley. After earning his master's in scientific instrumentation at the University of California at Santa Barbara, he continued to hone his craft while serving as a computer consultant for biologists. He lives in Missoula, Montana.