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The Blue Machine- an episode of the Blue Humanities Podcast

Jonathan Bate

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  • Art and Humanities,
  • ocean,
  • marine environment,
  • marine science
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  • Students,
  • Researchers,
  • Teachers
Language
  • English
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In this episode of the Blue Humanities podcast Jonathan Bate interviews Helen Czerski, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, about her book Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes our World.

In this episode of the Blue Humanities , the podcast host Jonathan Bate, the Foundation Professor of the Environmental Humanities at the Arizona State UniversityHumanities interviews Helen Czerski – Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University College London, focusing on her new book Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes our World (subtitle of US edition: How the Ocean Works).  In it they explore the  stories testifying to the complex and fascinating entanglements of the ocean and the human kind including, ‘What does the earwax of whales tell us about their stress levels during the Second World War? How do you build a ship to withstand the crushing weight of ice in the Arctic?, and many others.