The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed by Helen Scales

The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed

Helen Scales

352 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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The deep sea is the last, vast wilderness on the planet. For centuries, myth-makers and storytellers have concocted imaginary monsters of the deep, and now scientists are looking there to find bizarre, unknown species, chemicals to make new medici...

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informative 95%
reflective 55%
inspiring 35%
challenging 28%
adventurous 27%
sad 25%
hopeful 13%
mysterious 10%
dark 7%
emotional 5%
relaxing 3%
tense 3%
funny 1%

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slow 44%
fast 3%

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