Em inglês. Preço sugerido: U$103.95. The new Fourth Edition of Invitation to Oceanography provides students with a complete, concise overview of how the ocean works, spanning the four major divisions of ocean science: geology, chemistry, physics, and biology. Its informal, conversational style and use of familiar analogies make this text appropriate for a broad range of readers. With cutting-edge material, including such hot topics as Hurricane Katrina, and a wealth of new updates and end of chapter material, Pinets latest edition is the most up-to-date text available!

New and Key Features of the Fourth Edition include: * Expanded and updated discussions on climate change, El Niño and La Niña, and Global Positioning Systems.
* New boxed features address current topics and events, including the 2004 megatsunami and Hurricane Katrina.
* New appendices include Classification of Marine Organisms and the Corolis Deflection.
* Science by the Numbers boxes focus on mathematical concepts in step-by-step tutorials. Additional tutorials for the end-of-chapter problems are availiable at the texts website http://www.jbpub.com/oceanlink/.
* Process of Science boxes help the reader understand how science is conducted and how scientists draw conclusions about the natural world.
* Animated illustrations from the text are availiable on the Instructors Toolkit CD-ROM (sold separately).