A book recommendation please.

I need a new book, after several years I've finally finished "Spot's Big
Adventure"...

I'm looking for something that I can just pick up and read, but at the same
time I would like to learn something from it to further my diving. A good
book on deco theory might suit, an introduction to more technical diving -
that kind of thing.

CAS
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:32:50 +0100, "CAS"
<calumscottTAKETHISBITOUT@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I need a new book, after several years I've finally finished "Spot's Big
>Adventure"...
>

Green Eggs and Ham ??

Pete

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Neutral buoyancy by Tim Ecott. Each chapter is very discrete from the others
so you can just read bits of it.

Keith

"Keith Manning" <NOSPAM@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> Neutral buoyancy by Tim Ecott. Each chapter is very discrete from the
others
> so you can just read bits of it.
>
> Keith

Ooops, forgot to mention that I've read "Neutral Buoyancy" (absolutely
superb book) and "The Last Dive" (Good book, quite difficult style)
already...

CAS
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"CAS" <calumscottTAKETHISBITOUT@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Keith Manning" <NOSPAM@tesco.net> wrote in message
> news:Nizac.70$st3.45@newsfe1-win...
> > Neutral buoyancy by Tim Ecott. Each chapter is very discrete from the
> others
> > so you can just read bits of it.
> >
> > Keith
>
> Ooops, forgot to mention that I've read "Neutral Buoyancy" (absolutely
> superb book) and "The Last Dive" (Good book, quite difficult style)
> already...
>
> CAS
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> Temperature @ Stoney? Find it or share it @
> http://stoneytemps.calumscott.me.uk/
> "The measure of a man's wealth is the fewness of his wants" - Jack
> Mullholand
>
> Cas,
I think you're nearly ready for a book WITHOUT pictures :)
Gone with the Wind should suit you!
Smill on
al

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> I'm looking for something that I can just pick up and read, but at the same
> time I would like to learn something from it to further my diving. A good
> book on deco theory might suit, an introduction to more technical diving

Hmmmm. That depends very much on how you read books...

Lippmann's "Deeper into Diving" is a must - I find him quite readable,
but it's not the sort of book you read on the beach on holiday. It's a
bit dated now, and has at least one significant error, but still worth
your effort sometime.

Gary Gentile's "Technical Diving Handbook" is light enough stuff, but
many consider him to be a heathen of the very worst variety. I enjoyed
it, though.

Tom Mount's "Technical Diver Encyclopedia" is a worthwhile addition to
your reference library, but this will not be found in the "easy reading"
section

CDG's "Cave Diving" is patchy. Again, worth a read, but wouldn't be high
on my list of poolside trash.

Sheck Exley's "Caverns measureless to man" is a much lighter read, and
will give you lots of historical perspective, but won't teach you an
awful lot about how things are done now. It might, however, give you
insight into why things aren't done as they were then...

HTH

Vic.


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<Pete S.> wrote in message news:406acae2.11550734@news.clara.net...
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:32:50 +0100, "CAS"
> <calumscottTAKETHISBITOUT@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >I need a new book, after several years I've finally finished "Spot's Big
> >Adventure"...
> >
> >I'm looking for something that I can just pick up and read, but at the
same
> >time I would like to learn something from it to further my diving. A
good
> >book on deco theory might suit, an introduction to more technical
diving -
> >that kind of thing.
> >
> Bruce Weinke has a nice little book about decompression theory.
>
> Pete S.

I think this may well be the one I picked up at LIDS thinking "Hmmm...
'Basic Decompression Theory'... sounds about right" and put back on the
shelf having opened it at several random pages and being frightened by
gargantuan equations with sharp teeth...

CAS
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CAS wrote:
> <Pete S.> wrote
>> "CAS" wrote:
>>
>>> I need a new book, after several years I've finally finished
>>> "Spot's Big Adventure"...
>>>
>>> I'm looking for something that I can just pick up and read, but at
>>> the same time I would like to learn something from it to further my
>>> diving. A good book on deco theory might suit, an introduction to
>>> more technical diving - that kind of thing.
>>>
>> Bruce Weinke has a nice little book about decompression theory.
>
> I think this may well be the one I picked up at LIDS thinking "Hmmm...
> 'Basic Decompression Theory'... sounds about right" and put back on
> the shelf having opened it at several random pages and being
> frightened by gargantuan equations with sharp teeth...

Of course Professor A. A. Bulhmann's Tachmedizin is the
definitive work. I bought a copy as liveaboard reading
but discovered that after 20 years my technical German
had gone to pot and it was very hard work.

After that Weinke wasn't so bad.

nigelH

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:00:38 +0100, "CAS"
<calumscottTAKETHISBITOUT@yahoo.com> wrote:

><Pete S.> wrote in message news:406acae2.11550734@news.clara.net...
>> On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:32:50 +0100, "CAS"
>> <calumscottTAKETHISBITOUT@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I need a new book, after several years I've finally finished "Spot's Big
>> >Adventure"...
>> >
>> >I'm looking for something that I can just pick up and read, but at the
>same
>> >time I would like to learn something from it to further my diving. A
>good
>> >book on deco theory might suit, an introduction to more technical
>diving -
>> >that kind of thing.
>> >
>> Bruce Weinke has a nice little book about decompression theory.
>>
>> Pete S.
>
>I think this may well be the one I picked up at LIDS thinking "Hmmm...
>'Basic Decompression Theory'... sounds about right" and put back on the
>shelf having opened it at several random pages and being frightened by
>gargantuan equations with sharp teeth...
>

That'll be the one.

Pete S.

> Of course Professor A. A. Bulhmann's Tachmedizin is the
> definitive work. I bought a copy as liveaboard reading
> but discovered that after 20 years my technical German
> had gone to pot and it was very hard work.

Do you still have it, by any chance?

Iain
(Who did Higher German about ten years ago, but isn't scared of a
challenge!)