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Limburg, Peter

 
9780595376049: Deep-Sea Detectives: MARITIME MYSTERIES AND FORENSIC SCIENCE
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ISBN 10: 0595376045 ISBN 13: 9780595376049
Editorial: iUniverse, 2005

Sinopsis

An aging American coal carrier goes down in a winter storm off the Virginia coast. Only three of the crew of 34 survive; the rest perish in the ice-cold water. Was the dead captain at fault? Did the mate neglect safety precautions? Or did a penny-pinching management skimp on necessary maintenance?The giant car-and-passenger ferry Estonia sinks in a gale in the Baltic Sea, carrying over 800 passengers to their deaths and causing national scandals in three countries. Was she sunk by a terrorist bomb? By the CIA or the Russian secret police? Was the Russian mob involved? Was she carrying military secrets, or smuggled narcotics? A massive government cover-up is suspected. What was the truth?Answers to these and other fascinating cases can be found in Deep-Sea Detectives: Maritime Mysteries and Forensic Science. Author Peter R. Limburg explores the advances that make it possible to bring back evidence from as deep as 20,000 feet below the sea."It's Sherlock Holmes with bubbles! Actually, Holmes had it easy; his mysteries weren't submerged beneath miles of water. These fascinating tales of scoundrels and submersibles make for terrific adventures in the little-known world of undersea forensics."-Dennis Meredith, Director of Research Communications, Duke University

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An aging American coal carrier goes down in a winter storm off the Virginia coast. Only three of the crew of 34 survive; the rest perish in the ice-cold water. Was the dead captain at fault? Did the mate neglect safety precautions? Or did a penny-pinching management skimp on necessary maintenance?

The giant car-and-passenger ferry Estonia sinks in a gale in the Baltic Sea, carrying over 800 passengers to their deaths and causing national scandals in three countries. Was she sunk by a terrorist bomb? By the CIA or the Russian secret police? Was the Russian mob involved? Was she carrying military secrets, or smuggled narcotics? A massive government cover-up is suspected. What was the truth?

Answers to these and other fascinating cases can be found in Deep-Sea Detectives: Maritime Mysteries and Forensic Science. Author Peter R. Limburg explores the advances that make it possible to bring back evidence from as deep as 20,000 feet below the sea.

'It's Sherlock Holmes with bubbles! Actually, Holmes had it easy; his mysteries weren't submerged beneath miles of water. These fascinating tales of scoundrels and submersibles make for terrific adventures in the little-known world of undersea forensics."
-Dennis Meredith, Director of Research Communications, Duke University

Biografía del autor

Deep-Sea Detectives is veteran science writer Peter R. Limburg?s twenty-first book and fifth on marine topics. His first book on undersea exploration was on oceanographic submersibles. He has also written articles on deep-water archaeology and life at the deep-sea vents. He lives in Bedford, New York, with his wife and serves on his community?s Conservation Board.

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Editorial
iUniverse
Año de publicación
2005
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ISBN 10 
0595376045
ISBN 13 
9780595376049
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9780739444535: DEEP-SEA DETECTIVES: Maritime Mysteries and Forensic Science First Canadian edition by Peter R. Limburg (2004) Hardcover

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ISBN 10:  0739444530 ISBN 13:  9780739444535
Editorial: ECW Press, Toronto, 2004
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