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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

Citations and References
 

Permissions                                                                       .
Images that have been used on this web site have been taken from various sources including personal archives, Internet sources and original artwork. Copyright materials are marked with the name of the copyright owner. The following permissions have been obtained and listed here in no particular order:

  • Photo of Jacques-Yves Cousteau at media/32jyc.gif from http://www.dolphinlog.org, Clark Lee Merriam, Research and Communications, cousteau@infi.net, August 1999. Email message.
  • Wreck diving pictures at media/ from http://www.datanet.co.uk/sqs, Jack L. Rea, Public Information Officer, jacklrea@hotmail.com, August 1999. Email message.
  • Ice diving pictures at at media/ from http://www.menet.umn.edu/~kaszeta, Richard W Kaszeta, PhD. Candidate and Sysadmin, bofh@me.umn.edu, August 1999. Email message.
  • Ice diving pictures marked "Photo by Chuck Larson" or "Photo by Gary Cehlar" at media/ from http://www.neptunescove.org/icediving.shtml, Webmaster, webmaster@neptunescove.org. August 1999. Email message.
  • Underwater photographs marked "© Bill Wood" at media/y#.jpg from "Underwater Photography - Great Barrier Reef - Australia's Marine Life photographed by Bill Wood" at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~billwood, images protected by Australian and International Copyright law, copyright © Bill Wood, Bill Wood - Marine Photography, http://www.billwood.com.au,wbwood@bigpond.com, August 1999. Email message.
  • Photo of a diver at media/0left.gif from http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/lb_images/nurp/nur05539.htm, OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP), Public Domain Status, Credit required.
  • Photos marked "© Hristo Raikov" at media/ from Hristo Raikov's personal archive. Official permission obtained.
  • Photos of Industrial Diving at media/ from Lyubomir Klissurov's personal archive. Official permission obtained.
References                                                                        .
Electronic Sources: Text or Multimedia from Web Pages, FTP sites, Telnet
  • "NOAA Diving Manual: Table of Contents" <http://uwsports.ycg.com/reference_library/noaa/> May 1990 (April 1999)


Acknowledgments                                                             .
First of all, we would like to thank ThinkQuest for the unique opportunity and for the incredible experience that we had during our work on this educational project.

We would also like to thank our coaches for their assistance and guidance that helped us create this comprehensive entry. We appreciate their attention and advice.

We are grateful to the individuals who gave us permission to use their images on the web site. Special thanks to Bill Wood. Of course we cannot forget all the others who have helped us during the project development. Thank you for the support and patience.

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