Aliens of the Deep — Recommended Reading

Atlas of the Ocean: The Deep Frontier by Sylvia Earle
Washington, DC: National Geographic Books, 2001
An expert exploration of the watery universe that covers the vast majority of our planet.
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Oceans by Andrew Haslam and Barbara Taylor
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1997
With background information on studying oceans, this book also contains numerous experiments.
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Water Baby: The Story of Alvin by Victoria A. Kaharl
New York: Oxford University Press, 1990
The complete story of this remarkable sub's first twenty- five years.
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Beneath Blue Waters: Meetings with Remarkable Deep-Sea Creatures by Deborah Kovacs and Kate Madin
New York: Viking, 1996
Introduces readers to a fabulous series of strange and beautiful open-ocean animals.
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Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science by Robert Kunzig
New York: W.W. Norton, 2000
A beautiful state-of-the-art visual tour of our planet's last frontier.
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Down to a Sunless Sea: The Strange World of Hydrothermal Vents by Kate Madin
Austin: Steck-Vaughn, 1999
An account of the discovery and exploration of hydrothermal vents, including many firsthand descriptions.
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The Octopus's Garden: Hydrothermal Vents and Other Mysteries of the Deep Sea by Cindy Lee Van Dover
Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1996
Firsthand account by the only Ph.D. marine biologist to become an Alvin pilot.
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The Biological Universe: The Twentieth Century Extraterrestrial Debate and the Limits of Science by Steven J. Dick
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996
A scholarly examination of the search for life in outer space.
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Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination and the Birth of a World by Oliver Morton
New York: Picador, 2002
An in-depth account of our nearest neighbor's history, geology, and human potential.
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