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Seven-Tenths by David Fisichella
Seven-Tenths by David Fisichella
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Seven-Tenths

Love, Piracy, and Science at Sea
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An engineer whose life is in shambles meets a blind oceanographer who spends her life at sea. In this memoir of their courtship, David Fisichella writes of science, love, adventure, and danger on the ocean. He survives heavy weather, an equator crossing, and a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia. He learns how scientists study ocean physics and why their research is so important, how people live for months on a crowded boat, and what it means to be working for, and dating, the chief scientist. Told with humor, gritty details, and a refreshing sense of wonder about our oceans.

Author Biography:

Fisichella manages shipboard scientific services at Woods Hole Oceanographic. Formerly an aerospace engineer, he turned to providing adaptive technology to the blind. When his first marriage collapsed, he went to sea on a whim with a scientist suffering from macular degeneration. David teaches sailing and skiing to the blind, and sails around New England with his wife and seven-year-old daughter.
Release date Australia
April 1st, 2010
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
Maps; Illustrations, black and white
Pages
231
Dimensions
152x226x15
ISBN-13
9781935248101
Product ID
3946052

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