The Deep - The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss

Informationen zum Autor Claire Nouvian is a journalist, producer, and film director who has traveled the world for more than ten years, shooting wildlife for French and international television. She has worked on more than sixteen films, among them Expedition to the Abyss (Science Channel, 2004), which won the Best Adventure Documentary prize at the Amazonas World Film Festival in Manaus, Brazil, 2005. Klappentext "Bejeweled creatures--squid, comb jellies, octopuses, and tube worms--leap off the black pages in such a luminescent rainbow that you can't help but realize that the 'blackness' of the depths is a misnomer."--Richard Ellis, "Discover"University of Chicago Press Zusammenfassung Combining the scientific discoveries with color imagery, this title takes readers on a voyage into the darkest realms of the ocean. It features more than two hundred color photographs of terrifying sea monsters, fossils, and ethereal bioluminescent creatures. It examines the biology of deep-sea organisms, and the history of deep-sea exploration.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Nouvian, Nouvian Claire
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2007
• EAN: 9780226595665
• ISBN: 978-0-226-59566-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 265 mm x 300 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Marine Biology, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas)