Thursday, September 18, 2008

Super Saturation - a celebration of the centenary of diving at Plymouth


I'll be giving a talk on the life of J.S.Haldane as part of a spectacular weekend of events in Plymouth, Super Saturation, October 31st-November 2nd 2008. It marks the centenary of modern diving, stemming from the introduction of Haldane's dive tables in 1908.
It is a wildly varied and fine event. An underwater photography exhibition, a series of the earliest dive films, some grand talks (Professor Philip James on hyperbaric medicine, Dr Maurice Cross divulging secrets of nuclear diving from the seventies, as well as me), displays by the Coastguard and Police units and the Plymouth Diving Centre, Buster Keaton's THE NAVIGATOR with live musical accompaniment, a premiere of new marine related music including a performance following the movements of live fish in the National Marine Aquarium. All entertaining and illuminating - come along!

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