ISSN 1013-3917 Number 18 September 2006 CONTENTS EDITORIAL Wilhelm Brennecke and Planet, 1906…………………………………………………...1 ARTICLES Founding of modern marine microbiology – McGraw......……………………………...2 A “bathythermograph” with a deeper meaning – Vlahakis……………………………..14 The Museum für Meereskunde in Berlin – Lenz..……………………………………....17 Sir George Deacon Medal to Hjalmar Thiel – George…..……………………………...20 NEWS AND EVENTS ………………………………………………………………………....25 CONFERENCE REPORT. ……………………………………………………………………..30 BOOK REVIEWS ……………………………………………………………………………...31 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS...………………………………………………………………...33 ANNUAL BIBLIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHIES…………………………………………..37 NEWSLETTER of the COMMISSION of the HISTORY of OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION of HISTORY of SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL UNION of the HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY of SCIENCE ISSN 1013-3917 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE DIVISION OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE COMMISSION OF OCEANOGRAPHY President Keith R. Benson Green College University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1, CANADA Vice Presidents Jacqueline Carpine-Lance La Verveine 7, Square Kraemer 06240 Beausoleil, FRANCE Margaret B. Deacon Jopes Park Cottage Luckett Callington, Cornwall PL17 8LG, UNITED KI NGDOM Walter Lenz Institut für Klima- und Meeresforschung Universität Hamburg D-20146 Hamburg, GERMANY Helen Rozwadowski Maritime Studies Program University of Connectict, Avery Point Groton, Connecticut, USA Secretary Deborah Cozort Day Archives Scripps Institution of Oceanography NEWSLETTER of the COMMISSION of the HISTORY of OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION of HISTORY of SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL UNION of the HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY of SCIENCE ISSN 1013-3917 La Jolla, California 92093-0219, USA Editor of Newsletter Eric L. Mills Department of Oceanography Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, CANADA Fax (902) 494-3877 E-mail:
[email protected] NEWSLETTER of the COMMISSION of the HISTORY of OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION of HISTORY of SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL UNION of the HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY of SCIENCE ISSN 1013-3917 Editorial – Wilhelm Brennecke and S.M.S.