An engineer whose life is in shambles meets a blind oceanographer who spends her life at sea. In this memoir of their courtship, David Fisichella writes of science, love, adventure, and danger on the ocean. He survives heavy weather, an equator crossing, and a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia. He learns how scientists study ocean physics and why their research is so important, how people live for months on a crowded boat, and what it means to be working for, and dating, the chief scientist. Told with humor, gritty details, and a refreshing sense of wonder about our oceans.
“A lost man finds his calling, and an oceanographer with dimming eyesight illuminates the dark sea. A dissatisfied engineer, David Fisichella, stumbles upon a life at sea. As the vision of Amy Bowen, a chief scientist at a highly respected oceanographic research institution, deteriorates, her work increasingly reveals the workings of the ocean. An inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, courage, and love.” —Deborah Cramer, author of Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage, and Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water Our World
