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Author Steffy, Loren C

Title The man who thought like a ship / Loren C. Steffy
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages)
Series Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Contents Crooked Aleppo -- Dreams in paper and paste -- Short circuits -- The ships begin to speak -- Pieces of the puzzle -- "You're crazy! You'll starve to death" -- The reconstructor -- A dream in jeopardy -- Man's failure as a thinking animal -- Zoe's garage -- Settling into Mecca -- Studies in mud, charcoal, and bronze -- Genius and despair -- The laughter of Aristides -- The voyage ends -- Epilogue
Summary J. Richard "Dick" Steffy stood inside the limestone hall of the Crusader castle in Cyprus and looked at the wood fragments arrayed before him. They were old beyond belief. For more than two millennia they had remained on the sea floor, eaten by worms and soaking up seawater until they had the consistency of wet cardboard. There were some 6,000 pieces in all, and Steffy's job was to put them all back together in their original shape like some massive, ancient jigsaw puzzle. He had volunteered for the job even though he had no qualifications for it. For twenty-five years he'd
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Steffy, J. Richard (John Richard), 1924-2007.
Steffy, J. Richard (John Richard), 1924-2007
American Institute of Nautical Archaeology -- History
Institute of Nautical Archaeology (U.S.) -- History -- 21st century
Institute of Nautical Archaeology (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
American Institute of Nautical Archaeology
Institute of Nautical Archaeology (U.S.)
Underwater archaeology.
Marine archaeologists -- Texas -- Biography
underwater archaeology.
Social Science / Archaeology.
Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional.
Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers.
Marine archaeologists
Underwater archaeology
Texas
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011049776
ISBN 9781603440585
1603440585
1280772239
9781280772238
9786613683007
6613683000