International Textbook of Mixed Gas Diving: Theory Technique Application (Diversification) [Paperback]

Heinz K.J. Lettnin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0941332500 | ISBN-13: 978-0941332507 | Publication Date: January 1999 | Edition: 1

The use of mixed gases and modern dive techniques have opened completely new dimensions for underwater exploration. The International Textbook of Mixed Gas Diving gives a comprehensive overview of up-to-date diving technology, including mixed gas diving procedures. Mixed gas equipment and procedures are explained in a clear and concise style.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Best Publishing Co ,U.S.; 1 edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941332500
• ISBN-13: 978-0941332507
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,418,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb overview, clearly written, and thoroughly detailed., September 25, 1999

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Charles S. Osborne (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: International Textbook of Mixed Gas Diving: Theory Technique Application (Diversification) (Paperback)

This book will give the desired level of information for the beginner interested in the basics as well as a reader interested in the underlying concepts and physiology of complex dive profiles and physics. Clearly written without omitting the details, broad without being vague, and enough "interesting" examples to keep from being a dry tome.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The next logical step., December 18, 2007

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Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: International Textbook of Mixed Gas Diving: Theory Technique Application (Diversification) (Paperback)

I have been an active scuba diver for more than 30 years and, until recently, avoided all thoughts of progressing from standard scuba diving to technical diving. At the same time, my quest to write about more and more shipwrecks meant that I would either have to go even deeper on "Air" or find myself writing about wrecks which I had not visited - if only because I considered them to be too deep.

At the age of 57, I finally began to study mixed gas diving and this book was my very first move in that direction. Laid out in an easy-to-follow routine, author Heinz Lettnin takes the reader from the basic sciences of mixed gas diving right up to the most advanced techniques. Read once and the diver will have gained an excellent appreciation of the subject. Read twice and the seabed is the limit to what might now be achieved.

Fully recommended as the next logical step from scuba diving to technical diving.

NM

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mixed gas diving theory reference book., December 30, 2002

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Kevin Aquilina (Malta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: International Textbook of Mixed Gas Diving: Theory Technique Application (Diversification) (Paperback)

This book takes theory of mixed gas diving seriously. Extreamly detailed you can find all gas and diving related formulas and gas composition data. It's an ideal book for those involved in this matter like commercial divers and mixed gas blenders. The good thing about this book is that it's presented in such a way that even the novice mixed gas diver can understand.