The ultimate introductory science books for non-scientists-highly visual and informative titles on a range of major subjects in the sciences. This new series will explain major areas of science in an interesting, visually compelling, and accessible manner. The "101" in the title refers to the 101 key facts and topics presented in each book. These books will fill the need for popular reference on all aspects of science and technology.

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Introduction: Welcome to Ocean Science		1	(5)
The Vast Unknown		5	(12)
One Ocean, Many Regions		6	(2)
The Teeming Hordes		8	(2)
Mother Ocean		10	(2)
A Variety of Perspectives		12	(2)
Intertwined Futures		14	(3)
The History of Oceans		17	(16)
Ocean Beginnings		18	(2)
Mass Extinction		20	(2)
Early Explorers		22	(2)
The Power of Maps		24	(2)
Time and Space		26	(2)
The Dawn of Scientific Exploration		28	(2)
Modern Exploration		30	(3)
Ever-Changing Earth		33	(14)
Layer-Cake Earth		34	(2)
Continental Drift		36	(2)
Where Two Plates Meet		38	(2)
Mapping Plate Boundaries		40	(2)
Sounding the Deep		42	(2)
Edge of the Abyss		44	(3)
The Miraculous Molecule		47	(12)
Floating and Sinking		48	(2)
The Global Thermostat		50	(2)
The Universal Solvent		52	(2)
Light and Dark		54	(2)
Sound		56	(3)
The Air Above		59	(16)
Layers of Air		60	(2)
What Lies Behind the Ice Ages		62	(2)
Regional Climate Seesaws		64	(2)
The Coriolis Effect		66	(2)
Whichever Way the Wind Blows		68	(2)
Sea and Land Breezes		70	(2)
Storms		72	(3)
Water on the Move		75	(32)
Invisible Boundaries		76	(2)
Upwelling and Downwelling		78	(2)
Rivers on the Surface of the Sea		80	(2)
Gyres and Spirals		82	(2)
The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt		84	(2)
Modeling the Oceans		86	(2)
Studying Currents		88	(2)
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Milestones in Ocean Science		90	(4)
Ocean Zones and Currents		94	(2)
Geology and the Oceans		96	(2)
The Diversity of Life		98	(4)
Tools of the Trade		102	(5)
Waves and Tides		107	(16)
The Anatomy of a Wave		108	(2)
Bouncing off the Walls		110	(2)
Tsunamis		112	(2)
Waves Beneath the Waves		114	(2)
Tides, Sun, and Moon		116	(2)
Tides in the Real World		118	(2)
Getting Electricity from the Tides		120	(3)
At the Ocean`s Edge		123	(16)
Before the Waves		124	(2)
The Anatomy of a Beach		126	(2)
Shifting Sands		128	(2)
Cycling Sea Levels		130	(2)
Living Rocks		132	(2)
Where Rivers Meet the Sea		134	(2)
Coastal Development		136	(3)
Life Between the Tides		139	(16)
Organisms and Interactions		140	(2)
To Each His Zone		142	(2)
Where the Sea Breaks Its Back		144	(2)
Pasture of the Sea		146	(2)
Rivers and Tides		148	(2)
Forest by the Sea		150	(2)
Cycles Connecting Land and Sea		152	(3)
Life in the Open Sea		155	(16)
Swimming in Molasses		156	(2)
Tiny Drifters		158	(2)
Carbon Cycles		160	(2)
From Egg to Egg		162	(2)
Sea of Lost Ships		164	(2)
Swimmers		166	(2)
Fliers		168	(3)
Life in the Deep		171	(14)
The Abyssal Plains		172	(2)
Mountains Beneath the Waves		174	(2)
The Life of a Dead Whale		176	(2)
Hot Vents, Cold Seeps		178	(2)
Billions of Living Stars		180	(2)
The Tales Mud Can Tell		182	(3)
The Future of Oceans: Threats and Solutions		185	(19)
The Global Dumping Ground		186	(2)
Habitat Lost		188	(2)
Unintended Victims		190	(2)
Unlimited No More		192	(2)
Too Much of a Good Thing		194	(2)
Alien Invasions		196	(2)
Climate Change		198	(2)
Protecting the Commons		200	(2)
Hope for the Future		202	(2)
Glossary		204	(4)
Further Reading		208	(2)
At the Smithsonian		210	(2)
Index		212	(6)
Acknowledgments & Picture Credits		218

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