True stories from across the span of history, and the many mysteries of the Pacific Ocean.

Simon is an acclaimed author of many books which follow the trail of his intense curiosity, including The Surgeon of Crowthorne, and The Map That Changed the World.

He's now followed up his biography of the Atlantic Ocean by turning his attention and curiosity to the Pacific.

The vast ocean is by far the world's biggest body of water, the most biologically diverse and the most seismically active.

Among the true stories Simon's collected, are the strange story of the man who authorised the Bikini Atoll tests; the invention of the transistor radio; and the discovery of teeming life on the ocean floor, in the Pacific's darkest depths.

Further information

Pacific: The Ocean Of The Future is published by Harper Collins.

Simon is in Australia as a guest of the Perth Writers' Festival. Details of his Festival events are on their website

Simon's 2010 conversation with Richard on the Atlantic Ocean

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