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Below the Edge of Darkness
Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea
Taschenbuch von Edith Widder
Sprache: Englisch

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A pioneering scientist takes us down into the deep ocean in this 'thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure' (NEW YORK TIMES)

Edith Widder grew up determined to become a marine biologist. But after complications from a surgery during university caused her to go temporarily blind, she became fascinated by light as well as the power of optimism.

Below the Edge of Darkness explores the depths of the planet's oceans as Widder seeks to understand bioluminescence, one of the most important and widely used forms of communication in nature. In the process, she reveals hidden worlds and a dazzling menagerie of behaviours and animals. Alongside Widder, we experience life-and-death equipment malfunctions and witness breakthroughs in technology and understanding, all of it set against a growing awareness of the deteriorating health of our largest and least understood ecosystem.

'Edie's story is one of hardscrabble optimism, two-fisted exploration and groundbreaking research. She's done things I dream of doing' JAMES CAMERON

'A book of marvels, marvellously written' RICHARD DAWKINS

'Luminous. Widder reveals the galaxy of light and life in the universe below the surface of the sea' SYLVIA EARLE, National Geographic explorer in residence and founder of Blue Mission

A pioneering scientist takes us down into the deep ocean in this 'thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure' (NEW YORK TIMES)

Edith Widder grew up determined to become a marine biologist. But after complications from a surgery during university caused her to go temporarily blind, she became fascinated by light as well as the power of optimism.

Below the Edge of Darkness explores the depths of the planet's oceans as Widder seeks to understand bioluminescence, one of the most important and widely used forms of communication in nature. In the process, she reveals hidden worlds and a dazzling menagerie of behaviours and animals. Alongside Widder, we experience life-and-death equipment malfunctions and witness breakthroughs in technology and understanding, all of it set against a growing awareness of the deteriorating health of our largest and least understood ecosystem.

'Edie's story is one of hardscrabble optimism, two-fisted exploration and groundbreaking research. She's done things I dream of doing' JAMES CAMERON

'A book of marvels, marvellously written' RICHARD DAWKINS

'Luminous. Widder reveals the galaxy of light and life in the universe below the surface of the sea' SYLVIA EARLE, National Geographic explorer in residence and founder of Blue Mission

Über den Autor
Edith Widder is an oceanographer, a marine biologist and the co-founder, CEO and senior scientist at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association, a non-profit organisation where she is focusing her passion for saving the ocean into developing innovative technologies needed to preserve and protect the ocean's most precious real estate - its estuaries. She has given three TED talks and been awarded a prestigious MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as well as the Explorer's Club Citation of Merit and is the first recipient of the Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration established by the Marine Technology Society and the Society of Underwater Technology.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780349011257
ISBN-10: 0349011257
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Widder, Edith
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Maße: 193 x 126 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Edith Widder
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.05.2022
Gewicht: 0,306 kg
Artikel-ID: 121925088
Über den Autor
Edith Widder is an oceanographer, a marine biologist and the co-founder, CEO and senior scientist at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association, a non-profit organisation where she is focusing her passion for saving the ocean into developing innovative technologies needed to preserve and protect the ocean's most precious real estate - its estuaries. She has given three TED talks and been awarded a prestigious MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as well as the Explorer's Club Citation of Merit and is the first recipient of the Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration established by the Marine Technology Society and the Society of Underwater Technology.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780349011257
ISBN-10: 0349011257
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Widder, Edith
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Maße: 193 x 126 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Edith Widder
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.05.2022
Gewicht: 0,306 kg
Artikel-ID: 121925088
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