I am just finishing reading John Lippman's Deeper into Diving. I had previously read his Essentials of Deeper Sport Diving, and had enjoyed the book and felt it was useful. So, when I saw this one was available, I bought it.
This is a superb book. The first third of it is physiology, a lot of which was review for me (as I am a doctor), but I learned a few things even there.
The rest of the book is about decompression algorithms, their derivation, similarities and differences, and dive computers, and technical diving. There is a section on mixed gases, and a section on rebreathers (which is what I'm currently reading).
The discussion of decompression models, how they were derived, the assumptions underlying each model, and their similarities and differences, is extremely well-written and understandable, and involves only the minimum math required. I feel that, after having read it, I have a much better handle on how decompression modelling has evolved, and why different tables and different computers give such different answers about what you can do and when and how.
So far, this is the best and most accessible diving information in book form that I have found. It was well worth the price, even though it is a softbound trade paperback.
This is a superb book. The first third of it is physiology, a lot of which was review for me (as I am a doctor), but I learned a few things even there.
The rest of the book is about decompression algorithms, their derivation, similarities and differences, and dive computers, and technical diving. There is a section on mixed gases, and a section on rebreathers (which is what I'm currently reading).
The discussion of decompression models, how they were derived, the assumptions underlying each model, and their similarities and differences, is extremely well-written and understandable, and involves only the minimum math required. I feel that, after having read it, I have a much better handle on how decompression modelling has evolved, and why different tables and different computers give such different answers about what you can do and when and how.
So far, this is the best and most accessible diving information in book form that I have found. It was well worth the price, even though it is a softbound trade paperback.
