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A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size or capacity, its shape, or its ability to carry boats. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BoatA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: GRB 221009A: The BOATInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Polysaccharide elasticity governed by chair–boat transitions of the glucopyranose ringCited 421 times
- Go sideways: Traditional fishing boatA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Boat buildingA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Vessel for travelling by water. A small, usually open craft used for travelling over water, propelled by oars, motor or wind. Usually contrasted with "ship".
Noun A small, usually open craft used for travelling over water, propelled by oars, motor or wind. Usually contrasted with "ship".
Noun A submarine.
Noun A large, ocean-going ship.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Polysaccharide elasticity governed by chair–boat transitions of the glucopyranose ring
Plastics in the North Atlantic garbage patch: A boat-microbe for hitchhikers and plastic degraders
Rocking the Boat but Keeping It Steady: The Role of Emotion Regulation in Employee Voice
Effects of ambient and boat noise on hearing and communication in three fish species living in a marine protected area (Miramare, Italy)
Ignore fishers' knowledge and miss the boat
SHORT‐TERM EFFECTS OF BOAT TRAFFIC ON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS,TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS, IN SARASOTA BAY, FLORIDA
Studying invasion: have we missed the boat?
On the Plasticity of Institutions: Containing and Restoring Practice Breakdowns at the Cambridge University Boat Club
🆕 Influential since 2022
GRB 221009A: The BOAT
Applying Coleman’s Boat in Management Research: Opportunities and Challenges in Bridging Macro and Micro Theory
An Adaptable Water-Soluble Molecular Boat for Selective Separation of Phenanthrene from Isomeric Anthracene
An Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV): Development of an Autonomous Boat with a Sensor Integration System for Bathymetric Surveys
Mitochondrion-targeted supramolecular “nano-boat” simultaneously inhibiting dual energy metabolism for tumor selective and synergistic chemo-radiotherapy
📚 Books worth reading
Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1889
Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut · 1956
American practical navigatorNathaniel Bowditch, Philip Henry Cooper · 1802
Swallows and AmazonsArthur Michell Ransome · 1930
The Bobbsey Twins on a HouseboatLaura Lee Hope · 1915
Night watchesW. W. Jacobs · 1914
We didn't mean to go to seaArthur Michell Ransome · 1937
SavagesShirley Conran · 1987
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
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