9780544484078-054448407X-Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves

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

ISBN-13: 9780544484078
ISBN-10: 054448407X
Edition: Reprint
Author: James Nestor
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books
Format: Paperback 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780544484078
ISBN-10: 054448407X
Edition: Reprint
Author: James Nestor
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books
Format: Paperback 288 pages

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Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves (ISBN-13: 9780544484078 and ISBN-10: 054448407X), written by authors James Nestor, was published by Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books in 2015. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Biology (Journalism, Sports Miscellaneous, Scuba, Water Sports, Biological Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Biology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.37.

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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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