Oceans: Exploring the Hidden Depths of the Underwater World
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.26 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0076TQING |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Undertaking thrilling and often dangerous dives, Rose and his team reveal the importance of the oceans to human existence--and at the same time trace the possible consequences of climate change on their delicate balance. Beautifully illustrated with more than 160 color photographs, Oceans unravels the mysteries of the deep and provides illuminating insights into this vast undersea domain. They shape our climate, our culture, and our future. This book, which accompanies a major BBC television series, draws on the most exciting stories from the fields of subaquatic archaeology, geology, marine biology, and anthropology to reveal an astonishing landscape of forgotten shipwrecks, submerged volcanoes, and hidden caves. They witnessed rarely seen behavior in sperm whales in the Sea of Cortez and discovered a potentially unknown species below the arctic ice pack. Yet their depths have remained a mysterious and unchartered expanse. For Oceans, explorer Paul Rose and his team of expert divers filmed fluorescence in Red Sea coral
How much of this book is simple plagiarism? Ned Middleton The recently televised (in the UK) BBC series "Oceans" was a disaster and this book is the obligatory work which automatically follow such events. The front cover describes that series of programmes as a "Landmark" series. They were no such thing!I was first contacted about this series over 3 years before the final episodes were screened on British television. Along the way I submitted considerab. "I found this review from The Times on the internet in 2008. 5 stars for the review zero for the book." according to Mervyn techie Wreckie. When the rough cut for the first episode of Oceans dropped into the commissioning editor's DVD player, he must have cried the Pacific. It is titanic, sink-with-all-hands television and was spectacular in its empty nothingness. They must have shot an albatross on day one. This is a big, expensive co-production that has come back with film that looks like a second-marriage honeymoon from the Red Se. Davo said Paul Rose is awesome. I'm very disappointed - there's not nearly enough photo's of Paul Rose in this book.How about some more photo's, like "Paul Rose looking in the mirror", or "Paul Rose posing for the camera", or even "Paul Rose looking at his picture in this book", or the ultimate "A front and side view of Paul Rose, to enable you to identify him on the street and worship him as the God-amongst-men that he truly i
television in the near future), and it has a twist. All rights reserved. . This latest volume accompanies a series recently broadcast by the BBC (which will likely be seen on U.S. The emphasis here is on the team's experiences, rather than on the science in which they might be engaged, as they explore their filming locations in each of seven oceans and seas of the world. Instead of basic oceanography, this title examines "anthropological oceanography," the impact of humankind and the oceans upon each other; one member of the dive/production team is even a maritime archaeologist. The light tone and lack of a bibliography and further reading suggestions don't recommend this for academic libraries, but abundant beautiful photographs and extensive, well-written text will make this a good addition to public libraries (willing to deal with its large size,