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Through it all, the lush prose that made The Bathysphere Book so distinct turns this book into its own rich and multi-layered experience, because with Brad Fox as our guide we're able to stretch our minds to encompass histories and meanings, metaphysical questions at the base of phenomena, and the shattering ironies of the moment, all during peak COVID, when no one knew how our collective future might unfold.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51701857747217,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51701857976593,"sku":"NGR9781837733569","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1837733562.jpg?v=1751026594"},{"product_id":"bathysphere-book-book-brad-fox-9781662603259","title":"The Bathysphere Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2024 National Book Foundation's Science + Literature Award\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Washington Post top 10 best book of 2023\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e best nonfiction book of 2023\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Hypnotic . . . 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Crumpled inside, gazing through three-inch quartz windows at the undersea world, was Hollister's colleague William Beebe. He called up to her, describing previously unseen creatures, explosions of bioluminescence, and strange effects of light and color.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrom this momentous first encounter with the unknown depths, \u003ci\u003eThe Bathysphere Book\u003c\/i\u003e widens its scope to explore a transforming and deeply paradoxical America, as the first great skyscrapers rose above New York City and the Great Plains baked to dust. 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