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

Nestor, James

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. Fascinatedby the sport of freediving in which competitors descendgreat 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""

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Fascinating, informative, exhilarating book, and, I wager, it will at the very least have you testing how long you can hold your breath."
—Wall Street Journal

"Put Deep at the top of your reading list. This book will do for the oceans what Cosmos did for space. It's mind-bending, intrepid, and inspiring."
— Po Bronson

"We’ve all seen documentary footage of strange deep-sea creatures, trundling along a hazy ocean floor, maybe even glowing in the dark. But how much do we really know about these ecosystems, and how much have we forgotten about our own profound connection to the ocean? With verve and humor, the author describes his own risk-taking attempts to understand the ocean's ancient secrets and future potential and the daring and brilliant people who have dedicated their lives to probing deeper ... [Nestor's] writing is sharp, colorful, and thrilling ... Bring[s] the ocean to life from a research perspective as well as a human one. An adventurous and frequently dazzling look at our planet's most massive habitat."
— Kirkus

"A thrilling account, made timely by the rapidly changing state of earth’s most expansive environment." —Publishers Weekly

Biographie de l'auteur

James Nestor has written for publications including Outside Magazine, The New York Times, Men's Journal and San Francisco Chronicle Magazine. An inveterate adventurer, Nestor joined a doomed surfing expedition to Norway and Russia, in which he and his team became the first to ride the breaks of the Arctic Circle. He has travelled extensively in Central America and the South Pacific. He lives in San Francisco.

Détails de l'édition

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