This is a memoir by marine biologist Edith Widder. I had high hopes for this one, but ultimately it fell far short of my expectations. These are the ultimate keys to the ocean's salvation-and thus to our future on this planet.more Widder shows us how when we push our boundaries and expand our worlds, discovery and wonder follow. Alongside Widder, we experience life-and-death equipment malfunctions and witness breakthroughs in technology and understanding, all set against a growing awareness of the deteriorating health of our largest and least understood ecosystem.Ī thrilling adventure story as well as a scientific revelation, Below the Edge of Darkness reckons with the complicated and sometimes dangerous realities of exploration. 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. She only wanted to know one thing: Why was there so much light down there?īelow the Edge of Darkness takes readers deep into our planet's oceans as Widder pursues her questions about one of the most important and widely used forms of communication in nature. Concerns about her future career vanished.
She turned off the lights and witnessed breathtaking underwater fireworks: explosions of bioluminescent activity. Widder's first journey into the deep ocean, in a diving suit that resembled a suit of armor, took her to a depth of eight hundred feet. With little promise of funding or employment, she leaped at the first opportunity to train as a submersible pilot and dove into the darkness. A new reality of shifting shadows drew her fascination to the power of light-as well as the importance of optimism.Īs her vision cleared, Widder found the intersection of her two passions in oceanic bioluminescence, a little-explored scientific field within Earth's last great unknown frontier: the deep ocean. Edith Widder's childhood dream of becoming a marine biologist was almost derailed in college, when complications from a surgery gone wrong caused temporary blin A pioneering 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.Įdith Widder's childhood dream of becoming a marine biologist was almost derailed in college, when complications from a surgery gone wrong caused temporary blindness. In this profoundly honest book, Lamar invites you to walk with him through the good times and bad, while looking ahead to a brighter future.A pioneering 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. He shares his personal account of the lifelong passion that started as one shining light in a childhood marked by loss and led to his international fame as one of the most extraordinary athletes of all time. Lamar brings basketball fans directly into the action of a game during the Lakers championship years. From the pain of his unraveled marriage to Khloé Kardashian to the harmful vices he used to cope-and the near-death experience that made him rethink everything about his life-this is Lamar as you have never before seen him. His exclusive and revealing memoir recounts the highs and lows of fame and his struggle with his demons along the way to self-discovery and redemption. In Darkness to Light, Lamar gives readers an intimate look into his life like never before. But until now, his most candid moments have remained behind closed doors.
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The world knows Lamar Odom as a two-time NBA world champion who rocketed to uncharted heights of fame thanks to being a member of both the storied Los Angeles Lakers and the ubiquitous Kardashian empire.įans have long praised his accessibility and genuine everyman quality-he is a blinding talent who has suffered a series of heartaches, setback, and loss. Desperation and elation-sometimes in the same hour.