The Bathysphere Book Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

<p>'Holds up a mirror to a pioneering explorer of the deep seas' <i><b>Financial Times</i></b></p><p>'Exquisite . . . full of fascinating technology, novel marine discoveries - and unusual scientists' <i><b>New Scientist</i></b></p><p>'An exhilarating read and one of the best things I've read in years' <b>Martin MacInnes</b></p><p><b>____________</b></p><p>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.</p><p>A deep dive into Beebe's eyewitness accounts of underwater exploration, <i>The Bathysphere Book</i> blends research and storytelling, uncovering a magical world where ghostly glowing organisms test the limits of human understanding.</p><p><b>____________</b></p><p>FURTHER PRAISE:<p>'A weird and often beautiful fusion of science writing, history and poetry'<i><b> Guardian</b></i></p><p>'Wondrous'<i><b> Spectator</i></b></p><p>'Hypnotic . . . beautifully written'<i><b> New York Times</i></b></p><p>'Delightfully eccentric . . . a love letter to the magic of the ocean'<i><b> Waterstones</b></i></p><p>'Full of suspense, revelation, and beauty' <b>Sy Montgomery</b></p>