Essentials of Oceanography 12th Edition received the prestigious 2017 McGuffey textbook longevity award. The Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA), which grants the award, recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time: a work must have been in print at least 15 years and still be selling. The publisher, Pearson Education, nominated the book for the award and the textbook was judged by fellow textbook authors and subject matter experts for its merit in four key areas: (1) Pedagogy, (2) Content/Scholarship, (3) Writing, and (4) Appearance & Design.
Essentials of Oceanography 10th Edition received the prestigious 2012 “Texty” textbook excellence award. The Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA), which grants the award, recognizes printed works for their excellence in the areas of content, presentation, appeal, and teachability. The publisher, Pearson Education, nominated the book for the award and the textbook was critically reviewed by a panel of expert judges.
The new 13th Edition of Essentials of Oceanography (Trujillo and Thurman, Pearson Education © 2020) is expected to be published in February 2019 and will be available in print, eText, and digital reader versions. The book features many improvements, including (1) a new boxed “Process of Science” feature in most chapters emphasizing the scientific process by highlighting an area of oceanographic inquiry and explicitly pointing out how the process of science was used in that particular case; (2) a new “Exploring Data” feature, which directs students to engage with data and check their understanding by asking data interpretation questions related to data-rich figures, graphs, tables, and maps; and (3) a new “Creature Feature” that showcases a marine organism that is relevant to each chapter’s content. There is also an entire new section in Chapter 5 (Section 5.8) entitled “What Factors Control the Distribution of Carbon and Oxygen in the Ocean?”, including two new figures; new information including a new chapter-opening photo about a 2017 world’s record that was set by Brazilian big wave surfer Rodrigo Koxa, who rode a 24-meter (80-foot) breaking wave at Praia do Norte beach near Nazaré, Portugal (Chapter 8); updated information about the status of pollution in the world’s ocean (Chapter 11); updated information about coral bleaching events, including the damage caused by the severe multi-year worldwide coral bleaching event during 2014–2017 (Chapter 15); and updated data about how climate change is affecting the oceans, including several potential solutions (Chapter 16). There are also many improvements in the illustration package, including annotations on key figures and other improvements (over half of all figures have been revised). And, the overall structure of the book continues to present material in easily-digestible chunks, along with Concept Checks at the end of each section. There are also over 100 SmartFigures/SmartTables (about a dozen new for this edition), which are short instructional videos by an oceanography teaching expert that explain the most important points of key figures and tables. In addition, a vast array of Web-based student resources and self-testing modules are included in an updated and improved Mastering Oceanography (opens in new window).
For more details about the 13th edition, including specific chapter-by-chapter changes, see What’s New in the 13th Edition? (opens in new window).
If you are an oceanography instructor who is considering adopting the textbook for your class, see the EO13 letter from the author (PDF, opens in new window) or request a review copy/preview online at Pearson Education (opens in new window). Instructor resources (such as jpeg digital images from each chapter of the text and sample PowerPoint presentations for all chapters) are also available at the Pearson Website (opens in new window).
The 12th Edition of Essentials of Oceanography (Trujillo and Thurman, Pearson Education © 2017) is available in print, eText, and digital reader versions. The book features many improvements, including new information about the 2015-2016 El Niño (Chapter 7), an entire chapter devoted to marine pollution (Chapter 11), updated information about the status of the world’s ocean fisheries (Chapter 13), updated data about how climate change is affecting the oceans (Chapter 16), and 7 new geoscience animations. There are also many improvements in the illustration package, including annotations on key figures and other improvements (over 90% of all figures have been revised). And, the overall structure of the book presents material in easily-digestible chunks, along with Concept Checks at the end of each section. There are also over 100 new SmartFigures/SmartTables, which are short instructional videos by an oceanography teaching expert that explain the most important points of key figures and tables. In addition, a vast array of Web-based student resources and self-testing modules are included in an updated and improved MasteringOceanography.
For more details about the 12th edition, including specific chapter-by-chapter changes, see What’s New in the 12th Edition? (opens in new window)
If you are an oceanography instructor who is considering adopting the textbook for your class, see the EO12 letter from the author (PDF, opens in new window) or request a review copy/preview online at Pearson Education (opens in new window). Instructor resources (such as jpeg digital images from each chapter of the text and sample PowerPoint presentations for all chapters) are also available at the Pearson Website (opens in new window; click on the “Resources” tab).
Hal Thurman and Al Trujillo have also published Introductory Oceanography, 10th Edition (Pearson Education © 2004). This hardcover text features enhanced content throughout its 18 chapters.
All Pearson texts such as Essentials of Oceanography feature an online Instructor Resource Center (IRC) that contains a variety of instructor resources. To request a review copy of any of these texts, preview it online, or view instructor resources, contact your Pearson Education sales rep.