Bathysphere Book - Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

'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

Product details

• Authors: Brad Fox
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9781911590873
• ISBN: 978-1-911590-87-3
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Bermuda, Biography: general, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, NATURE / Animals / Marine Life, Expeditions: popular accounts, Geographical discovery & exploration, c 1930 to c 1939, Geographical discovery and exploration, Sea life and the seashore: general interest, Sea life & the seashore, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Biography: adventurers and explorers, North Atlantic