Pacific
Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
by Simon Winchester · first published 2015
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The New York Times best-selling author of The Men Who United the States traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world.
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The book "Pacific" by Simon Winchester has an educational description of this event, contextualized in the broader story of how the DMZ came to be.
on “A DMZ 'gardening job' that almost sparked a war” ↗Simon Winchester has written several great books that I've thoroughly enjoyed over the years. He's one of my favorite non-fiction authors. A pair of books called The Atlantic and The Pacific; detailing the history of the ocean, people in it and around it. The Perfectionists, about precision engineering
on “I just wanted to see James Taylor – – I didn't know it would cost me $5k” ↗> Simon Winchester discusses how Cape Bojador [1] was impassible until 1443 (in his book Atlantic [2]) He also wrote Pacific. :)
on “The naval shipworm helped bring about the Industrial Revolution” ↗