Nestor gets right in with the competitors and rogue scientists who are unearthing mysteries of the deep and its inhabitants that we can't even imagine, in a book that's engaging and eye-popping." - Esquire "Nestor is crisp with his fun, seafaring facts he is sober with his sprinkling of environmental bulletins. will certainly enrich the thinking of anyone planning to spend time at the beach." - Independent (UK) "Truly breathtaking. A passionate celebration of the possible and the unproven. This is popular science writing at its best." - Christian Science Monitor "Rich and illuminating. “This is popular science writing at its best.” - Christian Science MonitorĪ New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice An Amazon Best Book of the Month Scientific American Recommended Read iTunes Top 20 Books of the Month Christian Science Monitor Editors' Pick: 10 Best Books of July BBC Book of the Week The Week Book of the Week “The deeper the book ventures into the ocean, the more dramatic and unusual the organisms therein and the people who observe them…Through eyes and his stories, it’s a journey well worth taking.” - David Epstein, New York Times Book Review "Fascinating, informative, exhilarating book, and, I wager, it will at the very least have you testing how long you can hold your breath." - Wall Street Journal "An engaging exploration of the depths of the world's oceans and the human connection to the rapidly changing world below.
“Nestor pulls us below the surface into a world far beyond imagining and opens our eyes to these unseen places.” - Dallas Morning News “A journey well worth taking.” -David Epstein, New York Times Book Review 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.
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. 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. An Amazon Best Science Book of 2014 įascinated 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.New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice From the bestselling author of Breath, a “fascinating, informative, exhilarating” voyage from the ocean’s surface to its darkest trenches ( Wall Street Journal)
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