Below the Edge of Darkness: Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea - Softcover

Widder, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349011257 ISBN 13: 9780349011257

Publisher: Virago, 2022

Synopsis

A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence, the language of light that helps life communicate in the darkness, and what it tells us about the future of life on Earth.

About this title

About the Author

Edith Widder is an oceanographer, a marine biologist and the co-founder, CEO and senior scientist at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association, a non-profit organisation where she is focusing her passion for saving the ocean into developing innovative technologies needed to preserve and protect the ocean's most precious real estate - its estuaries. She has given three TED talks and been awarded a prestigious MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as well as the Explorer's Club Citation of Merit and is the first recipient of the Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration established by the Marine Technology Society and the Society of Underwater Technology.

From the Back Cover

A pioneering scientist takes us down into the deep ocean in this 'thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure' (NEW YORK TIMES)

Edith Widder grew up determined to become a marine biologist. But after complications from a surgery during university caused her to go temporarily blind, she became fascinated by light as well as the power of optimism.

Below the Edge of Darkness explores the depths of the planet's oceans as Widder seeks to understand bioluminescence, one of the most important and widely used forms of communication in nature. In the process, she reveals hidden worlds and a dazzling menagerie of behaviours and animals. Alongside Widder, we experience life-and-death equipment malfunctions and witness breakthroughs in technology and understanding, all of it set against a growing awareness of the deteriorating health of our largest and least understood ecosystem.

'Edie's story is one of hardscrabble optimism, two-fisted exploration and groundbreaking research. She's done things I dream of doing' JAMES CAMERON

'A book of marvels, marvellously written' RICHARD DAWKINS

'Luminous. Widder reveals the galaxy of light and life in the universe below the surface of the sea' SYLVIA EARLE, National Geographic explorer in residence and founder of Blue Mission

Edition details

• Publisher: Virago
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0349011257
• ISBN 13: 9780349011257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352