Underwater to Get Out of the Rain: A Love Affair With the Sea - Brossura

Norton, Trevor

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0306815362 ISBN 13: 9780306815362

Casa editrice: Da Capo Press, 2007

Riassunto

On a hot summer's day there could be no quicker transport to the seaside than Trevor Norton's cool and entrancing account of a lifetime's adventures under or near the water. Norton's eye for the bizarre, amazing, and beautiful inhabitants of the oceans, and the eccentric characters who work, study, and live by the shore make his book a wonder-filled experience. An intrepid diver and distinguished scientist, Norton's writing is self-deprecating, very funny, and full of wry and intriguing anecdotes he is an unfailingly delightful companion. Whether his setting is a bed of jewel anemones in an Irish lough, a giant California cavern shared with sea lions, a mildewed research station, or the glittering coral gardens of Sharm el Sheikh, his captivating prose always finds the mark. Sometimes following the shoreline with earlier beachcombers such as Darwin, John Steinbeck, and George Orwell, Norton also takes the reader to depths where the shapes of creatures living without sunlight defy imagination. Admirers of the gorgeous detail of Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us will revel in Norton's writing, his observations, and irreverent wit.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Trevor Norton is Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Liverpool, and Director of the Port Erin Marine labouratory on the Isle of Man.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Da Capo Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0306815362
• ISBN 13: 9780306815362
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400