Ryan Neely
Contributor
As an individual, I have always been interested in how and why things work the way they do. When I first began studying photography, for example, it wasn't enough to understand how shutter speed, aperture, or film speed affects photo quality. I needed to understand how Ilford's developer interacted with the silver nitrate on film to create dark regions. I needed to know the science behind subsurface scattering or ambient occlusion. (This was only compounded when I started studying 3D animation and visual effects for film.)
That's a brief primer for the following ask: I'm in search of resources which delve deeply into the science of diving. I've read this and am currently reading this. This and this are in my queue. I understand that PADI has a large section of science in their IDC course, but I'm not anywhere near "leveled up" for that. Additionally, I understand that SSI has a course called Science of Diving, but I'm not anywhere near an SSI dive shop and I can't find a link to take this class online.
I'm wondering if anyone has any better resources that might get into the sciences of diving. I'm more interested in the physics, chemistry, and maths (only because I've never been great at biology and physiology), but I'm open to anything.
That's a brief primer for the following ask: I'm in search of resources which delve deeply into the science of diving. I've read this and am currently reading this. This and this are in my queue. I understand that PADI has a large section of science in their IDC course, but I'm not anywhere near "leveled up" for that. Additionally, I understand that SSI has a course called Science of Diving, but I'm not anywhere near an SSI dive shop and I can't find a link to take this class online.
I'm wondering if anyone has any better resources that might get into the sciences of diving. I'm more interested in the physics, chemistry, and maths (only because I've never been great at biology and physiology), but I'm open to anything.