- Paperback: 436 pages
- Publisher: Fireside; Reprint edition (1 Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0684838524
- ISBN-13: 978-0684838526
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Pulitzer Prize winner William J. Broad takes us on an adventure to the planet's last and most exotic frontier - the depths of the sea. The Universe Below examines how we are illuminating its dark recesses as a wave of advanced technology quietly opens the Earth's largest and most mysterious environment. Broad takes us on breathtaking dives and expeditions - to the Azores, to the Titanic, to hot springs teeming with bizarre life, to icy fissures aswarm with gulper eels, vampire squids, and gelatinous beasts longer than a city bus. We meet legendary explorers and researchers and go with them as they probe the ancient mysteries of a universe that encompasses the vast majority of the Earth's habitable space and holds millions of humanity's lost artworks and treasures. The Universe Below is an unforgettable trip to our last great unexplored frontier.
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THE SURFACE of the sea, with its play of light and changing moods, its sudden storms and fiery sunsets, was seen from the beginning as a thing of beauty and terror, a giver and taker of life. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Perhaps I am a bit biased as someone who loves the sea so--but I believe this is a great book. It is most readible, unlike many dry academic works that reduce the adventure of the sea to obtuse jargon. It takes one on a wonderful undersea adventure--without getting your feet wet!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
...this is a must-read. Nicely written, it is simply an outstanding survey of the deep ocean in all its facets, from the earliest explorations to the latest developments, taking in "Titanic", the Cold War in the depths, and black smokers with bizarre life forms that have never seen the sun and that live under crushing pressures and between freezing cold and scalding heat. This book is a clarion call to investigate and understand a place about which we know less than we do about the surface of the moon, yet which is right next to us, and to which we in our ignorance could cause irreparable damage.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the story of how technology has opened a new frontier of science, much as van Leeuwenhoek did with the microscope. Broad reports on how the mysteries of the deepest oceans are opening up to our eyes with mini-supersubs, sonar devices, and robots. Much of this revolution is due, he says, to the end of the Cold War, which allowed us to put them to scientific rather than miltary purposes.
The world they discovered may harbor the most diverse forms of life on the planet, in environments hostile beyone imagination. Broad introduces us to an incredible gallery of exotic creatures, from hypothermophiles - bacteria that live in lava-heated water of 400 degrees F - to countless species of squid and manowars. Braod also accompanies treasure hunters as they explore for ancient artifacts and rare minerals.
THe book is part history, part primer in technology, and part environmental tract, and the skill with which Broad combines these concerns whows why he won the Pulitzer twice. It is also poetically written.
Highest recommendation. This book can ignite the imagination for a lifetime.
The world they discovered may harbor the most diverse forms of life on the planet, in environments hostile beyone imagination. Broad introduces us to an incredible gallery of exotic creatures, from hypothermophiles - bacteria that live in lava-heated water of 400 degrees F - to countless species of squid and manowars. Braod also accompanies treasure hunters as they explore for ancient artifacts and rare minerals.
THe book is part history, part primer in technology, and part environmental tract, and the skill with which Broad combines these concerns whows why he won the Pulitzer twice. It is also poetically written.
Highest recommendation. This book can ignite the imagination for a lifetime.
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Probing the biggest ecosystem
Aptly titled, Broad has provided a comprehensive account of the exploration of the deeps of the seas. Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2008 by Stephen A. Haines
not scientific just interested
Not at all fficult to read, fascinating. For anyone who has a genuine interest and isn't a scientist this is a must read.
Published on 16 Nov 2007 by Ian Watterson
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