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Below the edge of darkness a memoir of exploring light and life in the deep sea

"Edith Widder grew up determined to become a marine biologist. But after complications from a surgery during college caused her to go temporarily blind, she became fascinated by light as well as the power of optimism. Her focus turned to oceanic bioluminescence, a scientific frontier in our last ear...

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Main Author: Widder, Edith (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Widder, Edith.
Marine scientists > United States > Biography.
Women marine biologists > United States > Biography.
Bioluminescence.
Underwater exploration.
Autobiographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A different light
  • PART 1. Deep Seeing. Seeing
  • Fiat lux
  • First flash
  • The stars below
  • Strange illumination
  • A bioluminescent minefield
  • Seas sowed with fire
  • PART 2. To Know the Dark. Glorious puzzles
  • Stories in the dark
  • Plan B
  • The language of light
  • PART 3. Here Be Dragons. The edge of the map
  • The Kraken revealed
  • Talking to cannibals
  • Epilogue: A case for optimism.

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