The Sounding of the Whale: Science & Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century

by D. Graham Burnett

Book Overview

From the Bible's "Canst thou raise leviathan with a hook?" to Captain Ahab's "From Hell's heart I stab at thee ," from the trials of Job to the legends of Sinbad, whales have breached in the human... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226081303
• ISBN13: 9780226081304
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 793 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"