{"product_id":"memo-for-nemo-paperback","title":"Memo for Nemo - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Firebrace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cultural history of living in the undersea, both fictional and real, from Jules Verne's Captain Nemo to NASA's ECC02 project.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMemo for Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e, William Firebrace investigates human inhabitation of the undersea, both fictional and real. Beginning with Jules Verne's Captain Nemo--an undersea Renaissance man with a library of 12,000 volumes on his submarine--and proceeding through aquariums, undersea photography, artificial seas on land, nuclear-powered submarines, undersea film epics, giant squid, and NASA satellites, Firebrace examines the undersea as a zone created by exploration and invention. Throughout, the history of undersea life is accompanied by an imagined undersea, envisioned by cultural figures ranging from Verne and Herman Melville to Orson Welles and Jimi Hendrix. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirebrace takes readers though the enormous sequence of rooms (impossible in real life) in Nemo's submarine, recounts the competition among nineteenth-century cities to build the most spectacular aquatic world, and explains the workings of the bathysphere--an early underwater vessel modeled on a hot-air balloon. He considers the aquarium's function in films as a sort of viewing lens, describes the chlorine-proof artificial sea life seen by passengers on the submarine ride at Disneyland, and reports that Jacques Cousteau's famous underwater documentaries were in fact highly staged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe oceans of today are not those imagined by Verne; they are changing from both natural processes and human influence. \u003ci\u003eMemo for Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e documents the power of the undersea in both art and life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Firebrace is an architect and writer in London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMarseille Mix\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZickZack\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.82 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697147711551,"sku":"9780262544085","price":35.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4e3d9730d068db7f3614fef601ac9b73.webp?v=1765008627","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/memo-for-nemo-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}