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... 3/1/69 PROLOGUE The origins of scientific inquiry can be traced back at least to the flowering of Greek culture more than 2,000 years ago. Throughout the intervening millenia, the ocean, its boundaries and its inhabitants have been the objects of scientific interest and investigation.

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