BLUE MACHINE

FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology history and science in a beautifully poetic way Professor Alice Roberts In Helen Czerski s hands the mechanical becomes magical An instant classic Tristan Gooley author of How to Read Water Blue Machine is quite simply one of the best books I have ever read Dr George McGavin zoologist entomologist and broadcaster A fascinating dive into the essential engine that drives our world Czerski brings the oceans alive with compelling stories that masterfully navigate this most complex system Gaia Vince science journalist broadcaster and author of Nomad Century All of the Earth s ocean from the equator to the poles is a single engine powered by sunlight a blue machine Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told that of our ocean Not the fish or the dolphins but the massive ocean engine itself what it does why it works and the many ways it has influenced animals weather and human history & culture In a book that will recalibrate our view of this defining feature of our planet physicist Helen Czerski dives deep to illuminate the murky depths of the ocean engine examining the messengers passengers and voyagers that live in it travel over it and survive because of