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DIVING - Human Contact with the Underwater WorldDIVING - Human Contact with the Underwater World

INTRODUCTION
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
    + The Very Beginning
    + Chronology
    + Biographies
    + Types of Diving

THE PHYSICS OF DIVING
    + The Nature of Seawater
    + Pressure & Buoyancy
    + Gases & Moisture
    + Gas Laws & Gas Flow
    + Light & Vision
    + Sound & Hearing

DIVING MEDICINE
    + Water and the Senses
    + Hypo- and Hyperthermia
    + Physiology
    + Pathology
    + Free Diving Medicine
    + Scuba Diving Medicine

EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES
    + General Equipment
    + Protective Clothing
    + Devices & Accessories

AMATEURS AND PROS
    + Military Procedures
    + Industrial Diving
    + Scientific Research
    + Miscellaneous Procedures
    + Free Diving Records

TRAINING
    + Physical Training
    + Psychological Preparation
    + Techniques
    + Diet, Hygiene, Habits
    + U/W Communication
    + First Aid

DIVING INTER@CTIVE
    + Diving Quiz
    + Message Board
    + Sign the Guestbook
    + View the Guestbook
    + Feedback Form


THE AUTHORS
CITATIONS AND REFERENCES


Introduction
 

M© Bill Woodillions of years ago, life began to develop in the form of unicellular organisms on the bottom of the ocean. Later on, these primitive organisms evolved into marine creatures that gradually moved from water to dry land. They adapted themselves to the atmospheric conditions and went through a series of physiological changes. Finally, man evolved.
 

I© Bill Woodt can be concluded that man had aquatic origins but water was no longer his natural habitat. The new conditions had to be studied and “adjusted” to the human organism. From time immemorial, man has sought methods which would help him walk the “way back”. The development of technology and equipment greatly contributed to the realization of his dream. What attracted mankind to the world of silence was perhaps the inner feeling of relation to the ocean. With rich knowledge and sophisticated devices, he eventually managed not only to penetrate into the marine blues but also to “communicate” with the marvelous underwater life.

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