![]() ![]() Along the way Nestor unlocks his own freediving skills as he communes with the pioneers who are expanding our definition of what is possible in the natural world - and in ourselves. From the author of the international Bestseller Breath Covering a diving championship in Greece on a hot and sticky assignment for Outside magazine, James. Breathing slowly and deeply through the nose is associated with a relaxation response, says James Nestor, author of Breath. Most illuminating of all, he learns that these abilities are reflected in our own remarkable and often hidden potential - including echolocation, directional sense, and the profound bodily changes humans undergo when underwater. He finds whales that communicate with other whales hundreds of miles away, sharks that swim in unerringly straight lines through pitch-black waters, and other strange phenomena. Fascinated by the sport of freediving - in which competitors descend to great depths on a single breath - James Nestor embeds with a gang of oceangoing extreme athletes and renegade researchers. ![]() ![]() A Scientific American Recommended Read.ĭeep is a voyage from the ocean's surface to its darkest trenches, the most mysterious places on Earth. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice.Īn Amazon Best Science Book of 2014. ![]()
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