A mixed-format picture book biography of Marie Tharp, the
remarkable hidden figure who mapped the ocean floor. Marie Tharp
earned a graduate degree in geology in the 1940s, at a time when
scientific careers were largely unavailable to women. Marie's
vision and tenacity paved the way for her to become one of the
greatest oceanographic cartographers of the 20th century. She was
the first person to map the ocean floor and discover the 40,000
mile long Mid-Ocean Ridge and Rift Valley. Her astounding discovery
supported the theory of continental drift, which led to the theory
of plate tectonics. But it was not an easy road, and Marie
struggled to receive the credit she deserved for her discovery.
From Marie Tharp's early childhood dreams all the way to her
defining achievement, Josie James's Marie's Ocean is the story of
one of earth science's greatest hidden figures. Christy Ottaviano
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