BLUE MACHINE

RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKFINANCIAL TIMES 2023 BOOK OF THE YEARTHE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR This beautifully written sweeping guide shows how the deep movement of the seas have ruled our lives in unexpected ways over millennia The world needs a David Attenborough for physics and Helen Czerski is a prime contender she s brilliant clear passionate modern and inspiring Emma Freud BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends A dazzle of stories beautifully told Outstanding Her readers will see the seas anew Horatio Clare Telegraph Excellent and important Spectator Czerski is a wonderful writer Blue Machine really does change the way you see the world Daily Mail 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 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