The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration Paperback - 2017
by Robert D. Ballard; Will Hively; Preface by Robert D. Ballard
From the rear cover
"Bob Ballard, building on the early work of Jacques Cousteau, is the preeminent pioneer in truly deep sea exploration and here is the fascinating, gripping story that only he is qualified to tell."--Walter Cronkite
"Bob Ballard's The Eternal Darkness chronicles the exciting 20th-century advances in underwater technology, many of them his own. Their contributions to deep ocean knowledge, exploration, discovery, salvage, and natural resource utilization have forever changed the way we view and understand our planet's oceans, and will, in the future, change the way we care for our seas. Ballard now joins Cousteau as another inspired visionary."--Scott Carpenter
"Bob Ballard is a tenacious explorer of the deep ocean and discoverer of ancient sea treasures. Two thousand years ago no trains, planes, or automobiles existed. Most transportation was by sea. Important knowledge of the past can only be uncovered from where it lies, buried in the ocean floor. Bob exhibits his fascination with the unknown by uncovering history that lies at the bottom of the sea floor that is critical to our understanding of the ancient world."--Jean-Michel Cousteau
"Ballard is one of the great explorers of the age. He is not only a great explorer, but a gifted story-teller and an evangelist for science. His joy and contagious excitement in exploration and science have captured the imagination of thousands of students, and rescuing them from dull science teachers, has converted them to pursuing careers in scientific discovery. Now in The Eternal Darkness he draws on all his talent, and his hair-raising experiences, to capture the rest of us in a great adventurous read."--John F. Lehman
"While making some of the most significant discoveries of all time, from finding the Titanic to exposing the geophysical processes that cause oceans to form and continents to move, explorer-scientist Robert Ballard has lived adventures that combine the best of scientific research and Indiana Jones. Bristling with suspense and laced with wry humor, The Eternal Darkness will captivate even the most seasoned landlubber."--Sylvia A. Earle
"Ballard's perspective on specific events in the history of deep-sea explorations is fresh and exciting. This is an important record of the remarkable progression in technology from extremely primitive underwater diving bells to a multiplicity of manned and unmanned systems enabling human presence in the deep ocean."--J. Frederick Grassle, Rutgers University
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- Title The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration
- Author Robert D. Ballard; Will Hively; Preface by Robert D. Ballard
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Paperback
- Pages 408
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2017-03-21
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780691175621 / 0691175624
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.2 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Underwater exploration - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016960989
- Dewey Decimal Code 551.460
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