The Bathysphere Book : Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

Name: The Bathysphere Book
Brand: Pushkin Press
SKU: 9781911590873
Price: 2350 KES
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ISBN: 9781911590873

by Brad Fox

Book Details

Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1911590871

ISBN-13 9781911590873

Publisher Pushkin Press

Imprint ONE

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 7th, 2024

Print length 384 Pages

Weight 288 grams

Dimensions 19.80 x 13.00 x 2.50 cms

Product Classification: Biography: general Biography: general Geographical discovery & exploration Geographical discovery and exploration Sea life & the seashore Sea life and the seashore: general interest Expeditions Expeditions: popular accounts

KSh 2,350.00

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A luminous and original account of the Bathysphere expeditions: the first ever deep-sea voyage to the otherworldly terrain more than 3,000ft below sea level

'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

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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.

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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

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