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Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves - Couverture souple

Nestor, James

 
9780544484078: Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 054448407X ISBN 13 : 9780544484078
Editeur : Mariner Books, 2015

Synopsis

New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • An Amazon Best Science Book of 2014 • Scientific American Recommended Read
“Fascinating, informative, exhilarating.” —Wall Street Journal
Deep is a voyage from the ocean’s surface to its darkest trenches, the most mysterious places on Earth. Fascinated by the sport of freediving—in which competitors descend great depths on a single breath—James Nestor embeds with a gang of oceangoing extreme athletes and renegade researchers. He finds whales that communicate with other whales hundreds of miles away, sharks that swim in unerringly straight lines through pitch-black waters, and other strange phenomena. Most illuminating of all, he learns that these abilities are reflected in our own remarkable, and often hidden, potential—including echolocation, directional sense, and the profound bodily changes humans undergo when underwater. Along the way, Nestor unlocks his own freediving skills as he communes with the pioneers who are expanding our definition of what is possible in the natural world, and in ourselves.
“A journey well worth taking.” —David Epstein, New York Times Book Review
“Nestor pulls us below the surface into a world far beyond imagining and opens our eyes to these unseen places.” —Dallas Morning News
 “This is popular science writing at its best.” —Christian Science Monitor

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À propos de l'auteur

JAMES NESTOR has written for Outside Magazine, Men's Journal, Dwell Magazine, the New York Times, San Francisco Magazine, Interior Design, the San Francisco Chronicle, and numerous other publications. His longform piece "Half-Safe," about the only around-the-world journey by land and sea in the same vehicle ever attempted (and completed), was published by The Atavist. Nestor lives in San Francisco and is a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto.

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Éditeur
Mariner Books
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
054448407X
ISBN 13 
9780544484078
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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