Author: Edith Widder
This is a magnificent memoir by ocean scientist Edith Widder, pioneer in the study of bioluminescence.
The 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, said a review on goodreads.com.
A thrilling adventure story as well as a scientific revelation, Below the Edge of Darkness reckons with the complicated and sometimes dangerous realities of exploration.
Widder shows us how when we push our boundaries and expand our worlds, discovery and wonder follow.
These are the ultimate keys to the ocean’s salvation — and thus to our future on this planet.
Below the Edge of Darkness takes readers deep into our planet’s oceans as Edith Widder pursues her questions about 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 behaviors and animals, from microbes to leviathans, many never before seen or, like the legendary giant squid, never before filmed in their deep-sea lairs.
Widder writes about her inspirations, her work, her tribulations, and her successes in a way that is not only readable, but enjoyable.
