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Book Talk & Signing with Richard Corfield, author of<br>
<i>The Silent Landscape:
The Scientific Voyage of HMS Challenger
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The voyage of HMS Challenger was one of the most important marine
expeditions of the Victorian age. Sent out to gather information about
the ocean and ocean floor, its real mission was to confirm Darwin's new
theory of evolution. Put simply, it was a test between God and Science.
Of the 243 men who left England in December 1872, only 144 returned
after three years and more than 68,000 nautical miles. <i>The Silent
Landscape</i> is the story of this epic voyage and the science
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that it discovered, which forever changed the way we view the oceans. <a
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href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10725.html">http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10725.html</a>
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Tuesday, October 28 at 3:30 p.m. -- Reception to follow
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Redfield Auditorium in the Village of Woods Hole.
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Sponsored by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Biological
<br>
Laboratory, WHOI Sea Grant, and USGS Woods Hole Field Center.
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Tuesday, October 28 at 7 p.m. -- Light refreshments will be served
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Redfield Auditorium in the Village of Woods Hole.
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Sponsored by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Biological
<br>
Laboratory, WHOI Sea Grant, and USGS Woods Hole Field Center.
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Michael J Carlowicz Science Writer and Editor
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Fenno House, Mail Stop #40 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone: (508) 289-3771
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We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our
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exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for
the first time. -- T.S. Eliot, from "The Four Quartets"
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