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Title	:	The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss
Author	:	Claire Nouvian
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	March 15th 2007 by University of Chicago Press (first published October 4th 2006)
Categories	:	Science. Nonfiction. Animals. Art. Photography. Environment. Nature. Biology

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On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters—the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and horizontal dimensions: with an average depth of 3800 meters, the oceans offer 99% of the space on Earth where life can develop. And the deep sea, which has been immersed in total darkness since the dawn of time, occupies 85% of ocean space, forming the planet’s largest habitat.  Yet these depths abound with mystery. The deep sea is mostly uncharted—only about 5 percent of the seafloor has been mapped with any reasonable degree of detail—and we know very little about the creatures that call it home. Current estimates about the number of species yet to be found vary between ten and thirty million.  The deep sea no longer has anything to prove; it is without doubt Earth’s largest reservoir of life.

Combining the latest scientific discoveries with astonishing color imagery, The Deep takes readers on a voyage into the darkest realms of the ocean. Revealing nature’s oddest and most mesmerizing creatures in crystalline detail, The Deep features more than two hundred color photographs of terrifying sea monsters, living fossils, and ethereal bioluminescent creatures, some photographed here for the very first time. Accompanying these breathtaking photographs are contributions from some of the world’s most respected researchers that examine the biology of deep-sea organisms, the ecology of deep-sea habitats, and the history of deep-sea exploration.

An unforgettable visual and scientific tour of the teeming abyss, The Deep celebrates the incredible diversity of life on Earth and will captivate anyone intrigued by the unseen—and unimaginable—creatures of the deep sea. 

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Original Title:	The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss
ISBN:	0226595668 (ISBN13: 9780226595665)
Edition Language:	English

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I requested this book from Moorside Library after reading a review in The Guardian. I have now finished reading it- and what a read! It was absolutely fascinating! I had no idea of the amazing creatures living at the bottom of the oceans, neither did I know the amazing facts about depth of the oceans, that thwre are volcanoes and mud eating creatures living 7 miles under the sea! The only thing I did not like about this book was it was hard to read the print because a lot of the text was on a

This is a beautiful, wonderful book. If I ever get an honest-to-goodness coffee table this will be on it.

Coffee table book that my wife got me for Christmas. It's got pretty pictures! And the accompanying text is really nicely done. This book is great.If you were totally mesmerized by the Deep episode of Blue Planet, this is the book for you. If you haven't seen Blue Planet, my God you're wasting your life.

The photographs in this book are AMAZING. The creatures are unusual and stunning and alien. My favorites: Fireworks physonect siphonophore on page 84 - looks like fireworks!; Larvae of Spantagoid heart urchins, page 67 - almost looks like fragile jewelry; Ping-pong tree sponge, page 187 - looks like a 1960s light fixture. Just incredible photography and the most unusual creatures you've ever seen!Book DescriptionPublication Date: March 15, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0226595668 | ISBN-13: 978-0226595665 |

It's full of amazing (not entirely believable) photographs of crazy deep sea critters it's got it's own web site, you can see lots of them here http://www.thedeepbook.org/. But still, it's far from perfect, I just don't understand why many of the ultra crisp images are broken up by double page spreads and whilst it's in no way meant to be an academic book there's just not enough text ..... very little info about the bizarre creatures makes it too much of a first reader. Perfect birthday present

Wonderful photographs to stimulate the imagination. Prose and descriptions are kept at a minimum as the stars of this book are the pictures.

I imagined this colossal volume of water, cloaked in permanent darkness, and I pictured the fantastic creatures that swam there, far from our gazes, the surrealist results of an ever inventive Nature.Our first duty is to know the world down below, and to be motivated by the wondrous biodiversity of our planet; not only the manifest beauty of the Blue Planet, illuminated by the sun for all to see, but also that of the hidden zone, the Black Planet, with its concealed beauty enshrouded beneath its