BRAD MATSEN
Thursday, April 28 at 5:30 p.m.

A fine marine science and environmental writer who has sometimes called Seattle home, Brad Matsen is here with am intriguing new book, Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss (Pantheon). "Brad Matsen's Descent is the "Seabiscuit" of the deep ocean. It evokes an amazing era when we humans were just discovering the planet we live on, and it never lets up with the drama of risk-taking in the name of science. I absolutely loved this book." - Ray Troll. "Descent is fascinating not only as a tale of high scientific adventure, but also as a psychological study of two men who risked their lives to plumb the abyss." - Oliver Sacks.

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