Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1. The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific
2. Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel- Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation
3. Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt
4. Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading
5. The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make?
6. Why the Navy Built Alvin
7. Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep- Sea Hydrothermal Vents
8. From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste
9. Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate Change
Conclusion: The Context of Motivation
Acknowledgments
Sources and Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index