A biography which covers the life and professional work of the man whose numerous missions to study the ocean floor led to the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic.
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Gr 5-8-A lively look at one of the world's best-known oceanographers. While Ballard is most famous for the discovery and exploration of the Titanic wreckage, his career has included work on exploratory undersea vehicles, marine-biology research, and ocean-floor geology. Hill's account is presented in an entertaining manner that portrays Ballard as an explorer and a historian as well as a scientist. She has included enough information about the doomed ocean liner to make the book appealing to Titanic buffs. The illustrations include pertinent black-and-white photographs as well as diagrams. This well-written title is a valuable companion volume to Ballard's autobiography, Explorations: My Quest for Adventure and Discovery under the Sea (Hyperion, 1995).-Elizabeth Stumpf, Clearfield Middle School, PA
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"A valuable source for those who want to know more about the man [who]...finally found the ship's wreckage...fine work." -- Booklist, 2/1/2000
A lively look at one of the world's best known oceanographers...presented in an entertaining manner...well-written." -- School Library Journal, March, 2000
A lively look at one of the world's best known oceanographers...presented in an entertaining manner...well-written." -- School Library Journal, March, 2000
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Robert Ballard: Ocenaographer Who Discovered the Titanic,
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This review is from: Robert Ballard: Oceanographer Who Discovered the Titanic (People to Know) (Library Binding)
Nice brief chapters sum up important aspects of Ballards life. Starting the book out with the discovery of the Titanic gives it an exciting feel that most biographies dont't have. It contains good black and white illustrations and I will recommend it for 4th grade through the 9th grade.
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