Book Review: Exploring Britain's Hidden World

Peter Rowlands · Issue 102, May/Jun 2018 · pp. 57–58

Products mentioned: Exploring Britain's Hidden World - A Natural History of Seabed Habitats

Every now and then someone comes along who can bridge a communication gap; capable of excelling within the academic, scientific world yet able to explain it to the majority of us, the laypeople, in terms that we don’t find highbrow and intimidating yet still imparting information at an intelligent, embracing level. Such a person is Keith Hiscock, the author of Exploring Britain’s Hidden World - A Natural History of Seabed Habitats. There can be no doubt that the 20th century saw developments and discoveries on a scale hitherto unprecedented; the combustion engine, air travel and space exploration being the headline acts but it has been underwater, as always invisible to the public’s eye, which has revealed a world of intricate complexity with seemingly boundless potential yet without it there would be a certain collapse of the natural world as Book Review Exploring Britain’s Hidden World…