Description
Book SynopsisA vivid tour of the Earth's last frontier, a remote and mysterious realm that nonetheless lies close to the heart of even the most land-locked reader.
Trade Review"Anyone who loves the sea should read this book." -- Sebastian Junger
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Mapping the Deep immediately surfaces at the top of the list of journalistic treatments of oceanography…The book opened my eyes to numerous wonders." -- Richard Strickland - American Scientist
"The best account of discovery in oceanography I've ever read." -- Laurence Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
"Robert Kunzig is a creator of what oceanographer Harry Hess once referred to as 'geopoetry.' He covers vast tracts of time and space and makes his subjects electrifying." -- Richard Ellis - The Times of London
"When you head for the coast this summer, leave that trashy beach novel at home. Instead, pack Robert Kunzig's book. Because just beyond your rental cottage lies the restless sea, where three-mile-tall mountain ranges criss-cross the ocean floor, and deep trenches harbor mysterious creatures…The book is easy to read, and will bring you up to date on the startling discoveries oceanographers have made during the past few decades." -- Phillip Manning - The News and Observer
"Most writing about the sea, even in the scientific literature, addresses only coastal or continental shelf phenomena, and I value this book for its almost exclusive attention to the neglected deep oceans." -- Alan Longhurst - Nature
