The Universe Below Discovering the Secrets of the Deep Sea [Paperback]

Pulitzer Prize winner William J. Broad takes us on an adventure to the planet's last and most exotic frontier -- the depths of the sea.The Universe Belowexamines how we are illuminating its dark recesses as a wave of advanced technology quietly opens the Earth's largest and most mysterious environment.
Broad takes us on breathtaking dives and expeditions -- to the Azores, to theTitanic, to hot springs teeming with bizarre life, to icy fissures aswarm with gulper eels, vampire squids, and gelatinous beasts longer than a city bus. We meet legendary explorers and researchers and go with them as they probe the ancient mysteries of a universe that encompasses the vast majority of the Earth's habitable space and holds millions of humanity's lost artworks and treasures.
The Universe Belowis an unforgettable trip to our last great unexplored frontier.List of Illustrations

Prologue

ONE Lair

TWO Battle Zone

THREE Garden of Eden

FOUR Lost Worlds

FIVE Canyon

SIX Fields of Gold

SEVEN Tides

Epilogue

Chronology of Deep Exploration

Measure Equivalents

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

IndexJohn Durant The New York Times Book Review By combining personal experience, conversations with scientists and a wide-ranging historical review, [Broad] has given us a readable and reliable guide to the last great wilderness on earth....A splendid guide to this ultimateterra incognita.David Pawson The Washington Post Book World ...a fascinating, beautifully written account of a truly unfamiliar world.The New YorkerBroad's sense of wonderment is almost always infectious.