Discoverer of Titanic to speak at Bloom U
- On 12/11/2009
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By Melissa Farenish - The Daily Item
Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard never grew up. The 67-year-old, best known for his discovery of the R.M.S. Titanic shipwreck in 1985, has declared himself to be “still a kid.”
In a recent telephone interview, an enthusiastic Ballard described his 50-year career exploring the sea. “I’m most known for the Titanic and the Bismarck shipwrecks but that’s a small part of my career,” Ballard said.
Ballard, now a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, veered the conversation away from his shipwreck discoveries.
Instead, he highlighted his discoveries of ocean hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, and life forms on the deep, sun-deprived ocean floors.
Part of the allure of being a scientist is deconstructing every theory he ever learned in school.
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