The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths
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'Holds up a mirror to a pioneering explorer of the deep seas' Financial Times 'Exquisite . . . full of fascinating technology, novel marine discoveries - and unusual scientists' New Scientist 'An exhilarating read and one of the best things I've read in years' Martin MacInnes ____________ 11 June, 1930. On a ship floating near Nonsuch Island, a curious steel ball is lowered 3,000 feet into the sea. Crumpled inside, the famed zoologist William Beebe gazes out of the thick quartz windows, watching luminous marine life and never-before-seen creatures flit out of the inky darkness. A deep dive into Beebe's eyewitness accounts of underwater exploration, The Bathysphere Book blends research and storytelling, uncovering a magical world where ghostly glowing organisms test the limits of human understanding. ____________ FURTHER PRAISE:'A weird and often beautiful fusion of science writing, history and poetry' Guardian 'Wondrous' Spectator 'Hypnotic . . . beautifully written' New York Times 'Delightfully eccentric . . . a love letter to the magic of the ocean' Waterstones 'Full of suspense, revelation, and beauty' Sy Montgomery
Author: Brad Fox
Format: Paperback, 384 pages, 129mm x 198mm
Published: 2024, Pushkin Press, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography: General
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'Holds up a mirror to a pioneering explorer of the deep seas' Financial Times 'Exquisite . . . full of fascinating technology, novel marine discoveries - and unusual scientists' New Scientist 'An exhilarating read and one of the best things I've read in years' Martin MacInnes ____________ 11 June, 1930. On a ship floating near Nonsuch Island, a curious steel ball is lowered 3,000 feet into the sea. Crumpled inside, the famed zoologist William Beebe gazes out of the thick quartz windows, watching luminous marine life and never-before-seen creatures flit out of the inky darkness. A deep dive into Beebe's eyewitness accounts of underwater exploration, The Bathysphere Book blends research and storytelling, uncovering a magical world where ghostly glowing organisms test the limits of human understanding. ____________ FURTHER PRAISE:'A weird and often beautiful fusion of science writing, history and poetry' Guardian 'Wondrous' Spectator 'Hypnotic . . . beautifully written' New York Times 'Delightfully eccentric . . . a love letter to the magic of the ocean' Waterstones 'Full of suspense, revelation, and beauty' Sy Montgomery
The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths