Underwater to get out of the rain : a love affair with the sea / Trevor Norton ; illustrations by Win Norton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norton, Trevor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine biologists--Great Britain--Biography.

Marine biologists.

Marine biology.

Coastal ecology.

Seashore.

Norton, Trevor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2006.

Summary:

<div>The treasures of a lifetime of global marine research and intrepid diving are gathered in this celebration of life underwater.</div>

Contents:

Credits; Acknowledgements; Preface; Seeing the Light ; On the Bottom ; Changes; The Sea of Surprises ; Sentiment and Seaweed ; Navel Manoeuvres ; Bunnies and Badgers ; Filtersville; Committed to Biology ; The Song of the Dredge ; All at Sea; Stars and Starfish in the Sky ; Slitherers and Skeletons ; Sea Meadows; Fishermen's Tales; The Turquoise Pool ; Voyagers; One of the Crowd; Caribbean Nights; He Who Dares, Swims ; Brace Yourself ; Green; In the Zone ; Go West Young Man ; What's in a Name? ; The Pleasure of Piers ; Kelp and Selkies ; Lost Ships; Home Deep Home ; Just Visiting

Wet Behind the Years? Worlds Within Whorls ; A Walk in the Park ; A Little Night Music ; Playing the Field ; Alien Invasions ; Pretending to be a Leaf ; It 's a Small World ; Only Skin Deep ; Here Be Giants ; Freewheeling; Moonstruck; Sardines and Scarlatti ; Deserts and Dreams ; Ghosts in the Marine ; Darkness at Noon; The Shipwrecked Dentist ; Piercing the Isthmus ; Polyps and Politics ; Dynamite and Cyanide ; Memento Mari ; Bibliography ; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612788505

9781282788503

1282788507

9780306816499

0306816490

OCLC:

670411925