![]() ![]() With his own eyes, he saw a man disappear into the sea on held breath, descend to a depth of 93 metres and then return four minutes later whole, healthy and extremely pleased with himself. “This is popular science writing at its best. Journalist James Nestor, on a business trip to Greece, came across something that fascinated him and completely changed his life. “Nestor pulls us below the surface into a world far beyond imagining and opens our eyes to these unseen places.” - Dallas Morning News Journalist, aquanut, and author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (2020) and Deep (2014) San Francisco Joined August 2009. “A journey well worth taking.” -David Epstein, New York Times Book Review ![]() Along the way, Nestor unlocks his own freediving skills as he communes with the pioneers who are expanding our definition of what is possible in the natural world, and in ourselves. Most illuminating of all, he learns that these abilities are reflected in our own remarkable, and often hidden, potential-including echolocation, directional sense, and the profound bodily changes humans undergo when underwater. He finds whales that communicate with other whales hundreds of miles away, sharks that swim in unerringly straight lines through pitch-black waters, and other strange phenomena.
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