Includes spectacular images of the world, and particularly of the world's oceans, viewed through the medium of its gravity field Includes personal accounts that are intended to provide readers with insights into what it is like to do science in the field For the more general readers the book provides an insight into the development of a science that most would not even have known existed For practitioners, whether in academia or in the commercial world; provides a historical background to what they are doing that is not available elsewhere
