Stars Beneath The Sea

Trevor Norton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2000
Arrow Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-09-940509-2 (ISBN)

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This is the remarkably funny true story of some of the brave, brilliant and often barmy men that invented diving. It is a story of explosive tempers and exploding teeth, of how to juggle live hand grenades and steer a giant rubber octopus. A series of vivid portraits reveal the eccentric exploits of these underwater pioneers. They include Guy who held a world altitude record when only sixteen, wrote a film for Humphrey Bogart, invented snorkelling and loved his wife enough to shoot her. Roy wore a backet over his head and stole a coral reef. Bill wearied of fishing with dynamite and wrestling deadly snakes, so he sealed himself in a metal coffin to dangle half a mile beneath the ocean. Cameron, testing the bouncing bomb for dam busters, made a plastic ear for a dog, a false testicle for a stallion and invented a mantrap disguised as a lavatory. He ascended from a depth of 200 feet without breathing equipment to see if his lungs would burst, then studied the effects of underwater explosions by standing closer and closer until shattered by the blast. The book also traces the evolution of underwater exploration, from spear fishermen to conversationalists, from treasure hunters to archaeologists, from photographers to philosophers. The sea is a secretive and seductive place and the author describes, with incredible humour, knowledge and historical accuracy, the magic and mystery of being beneath the waves.

Trevor Norton is Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Liverpool and Director of the Port Erin Marine Laboratory on the Isle of Man. He has authored over 150 scientific publications and books, and is an authority on the history of scientific diving.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.5.2000
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	203 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Technik ► Bauwesen
ISBN-10	0-09-940509-1 / 0099405091
ISBN-13	978-0-09-940509-2 / 9780099405092
Zustand	Neuware