Robert Ballard
Autor von Finding the Titanic
Über den Autor
Robert Ballard was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1942, and was educated at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Hawaii, the University of Southern California, and the University of Rhode Island, where he received his Ph.D. in 1974. Part explorer, part geologist, part mehr anzeigen oceanographer, and part marine engineer, Ballard has worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Falmouth, Massachusetts, since 1969. He is currently director of the Center for Marine Exploration there. Ballard is perhaps best known to the general public in connection to the luxury liner Titanic. Ballard organized and participated in the expedition that discovered the ship in 1985. More important, however, is his work in designing underwater survey vehicles and in participating in dives to explore the ocean floor. His work in marine design and engineering, in particular, has led to a dramatic increase in the scope of deep-sea exploration. In the 1960s, Ballard helped develop the Alvin, a deep-sea, three-man submersible equipped with a remote controlled mechanical arm for collecting specimens from the ocean floor. The device played an important role in mid-ocean studies, including exploration of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and dives to the Cayman Trough, a 24,000-foot-deep gash in the ocean floor south of Cuba. Ballard was part of the Galapagos Hydrothermal Expedition in 1977, which discovered and investigated deep-sea thermal vents spouting mineral-rich water from volcanic cracks in the Earth's crust. In the 1980s, Ballard helped develop the Argo-Jason unmanned submersible system, the most advanced craft of its kind. Argo is a 16-foot submersible vehicle and Jason is a self-propelled robot tethered to Argo. The search for the Titanic was undertaken as a test of the Argo-Jason system; the success of the expedition demonstrated its capabilities and, according to Ballard, "ushered in a new era of undersea exploration." The author of several bestselling books on deep-sea exploration, Ballard also contributes regularly to National Geographic and other magazines and he has produced several videotapes of deep-sea expeditions. His reputation as a "science populizer" has prompted harsh criticism from some of his scientific colleagues. In 1985, Ballard was one of four scientists awarded a Secretary of the Navy Research Chair in Oceanography, an award that carries with it an $800,000 grant for oceanographic research. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Robert Ballard
Die Entdeckung der Bismarck. Deutschlands größtes Schlachtschiff gibt sein Geheimnis preis (1990) 267 Exemplare
Ghostliners - Das Ende der legendären Ozeanriesen : [Titanic, Lusitania, Britannic, Empress of Ireland, Andrea Doria] (1998) — Autor — 242 Exemplare
Lost Liners. Von der Titanic zur Andrea Doria. Glanz und Untergang der grossen Luxusliner (1997) 190 Exemplare
The Renaissance Album 4 Exemplare
The solution of the pyramid problem; or, Pyramid discoveries. With a new theory as to their ancient use 3 Exemplare
How We Found Titanic 2 Exemplare
L'esplorazione degli oceani: dalla scoperta del Titanic alla teoria del diluvio universale (2006) 2 Exemplare
Riddle of the Lusitania 1 Exemplar
The Bismarck Found 1 Exemplar
NR-1: The Navy's Inner-Space Shuttle 1 Exemplar
Return to Oases of the Deep 1 Exemplar
Dive into the Great Rift: Project Famous II 1 Exemplar
Premier livre de tablature de Luth 1 Exemplar
HIl Iritrovamento del Titanic 1 Exemplar
Window on Earth's Interior 1 Exemplar
2nd 3rd 4th Grade Readers Step into Reading Box Set of 4 History ; Titanic, True Life Treasure Hunts, To the Top… (2009) 1 Exemplar
Sleep Medicine, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice (The Clinics: Internal Medicine) (2005) 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Titanic. Königin der Meere. Das Schiff und seine Geschichte (1992) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 705 Exemplare
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Mitwirkender — 389 Exemplare
Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories (2001) — Vorwort — 88 Exemplare
Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction 1991 A Thief in the Night | A Coward's Chronicles | The Discovery of the… (1991) 2 Exemplare
Terra Marique: Studies in Art History and Marine Archaeology in Honor of Anna Marguerite McCann (2005) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Reading Rainbow: Sunken Treasure [1990 TV episode] — Erzähler — 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Ballard, Robert
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Ballard, Robert Duane
- Andere Namen
- Ballard, Robert D.
- Geburtstag
- 1942-06-30
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Wichita, Kansas, USA
- Ausbildung
- University of California, Santa Barbara (BS|1965)
University of Hawaii (MS|1966)
University of Southern California
University of Rhode Island (Ph.D|1974) - Berufe
- archaeologist
professor
writer
oceanographer - Organisationen
- United States Navy
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
University of Rhode Island
United States Army - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- National Humanities Medal (2003)
Caird Medal (2002)
Explorers Club Medal (1995)
Lone Sailor Award (1996)
Kilby International Award (1994)
Golden Plate Award (1990)
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Non-fiction (children's ?) about the discovery of the Titanic in Name that Book (Februar 2016)
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