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Bezig met laden... The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depthsdoor Brad Fox
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Terrible rambling mess of a book ( ) What the heck is going on in this book? I think there's a lot of interesting information here, but it is totally incoherent. There are chapters about people, describing their personalities and some particular passion or activity, but no explanation of what that person has to do with anyone else in the book. I think the book is about the science of colors and how they change in the ocean? But I gave up about a quarter of the way in because it just didn't make sense. A mixed reading experience. I’m impressed by Fox’s writing style, poetic and dreamy yet informative. However, the format didn’t always agree with me. Its nonlinear, fragmentary organization made me lose the thread sometimes, especially since I wasn’t binge reading it. Still, a fascinating, if niche, topic written about beautifully with accompanying illustrations, including Else Bostelmann’s wonderful paintings. Entirely unexpected, but a great ride. Rather than a straight-up history, this is an account of William Beebe and his pioneering undersea exploration and all its adjacencies—scientific, cultural, political, and philosophical. This last context runs away with all the narrative in a wonderful and weird way, using Beebe's own accounts to extrapolate what he might have been thinking about and wondering as he set himself in the greater scheme of early 20th century knowledge. It's really like nothing else I've read, I think, and the reproductions of watercolors of deep marine life—most of which were done from Beebe's verbal descriptions—are just gorgeous. Apropos of nothing, this is possibly the heaviest book for its size I've ever encountered. It's the thick, glossy pages, but it surprised me every time I picked it up. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"A gorgeous account of William Beebe's 1934 Bathysphere expedition, the first-ever deep-sea voyage to the otherworldly environment 3,024 feet below sea level"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)551.4609Natural sciences and mathematics Earth sciences & geology Geology, Hydrology Meteorology Surface features of the earth OceansLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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