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Nov 2, 2024 | 
journalgazette.net | Rachel M. Lance |Howard Markel |Thomas R. Cech |Nicola Twilley
These works of science history are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever”by Rachel Lance This story of the men and women who provided invaluable submarine and underwater breathing reconnaissance that led to the Allies’ dramatic and history-making success on D-Day is based on top-secret documents only recently declassified.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
realcleardefense.com | Rachel M. Lance
The book details the previously classified advances in underwater reconnaissance used in the run up to D-Day. The discoveries led to the safe use of miniature submarines and breathing apparatuses, which let the Allies take the beaches of Normandy.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
audible.com | Susie Dumond |Garrett Graff |John McManus |Rachel M. Lance
Today, June 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the turning point of World War II that led to the liberation of France and ultimately paved the way for an Allied victory. It's an event that looms large in world history, one that continues to fascinate historians across generations, and inspires historical fiction, movies, and a myriad of art to this day.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Garrett Graff |Michel Paradis |Rachel M. Lance
Reading Through History: Remembering D-Day In his exclusive B&N Reads essay on his latest novel, When the Sea Came Alive, author and historian Garrett M.
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May 17, 2024 | 
journalgazette.net | Eric Jay Dolin |Annie Jacobsen |Patrick K. O’Donnell |Patrick O’donnell |Rachel M. Lance
These works of military history are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World”by Eric Jay Dolin The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812 — a tale of treachery, shipwreck, isolation and the desperate struggle for survival.
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May 8, 2024 | 
geneticliteracyproject.org | Rachel M. Lance
Rachel Lance | Wired | May 7, 2024 [Geneticists John Burdon Sanderson] Haldane and [Helen] Spurway’s goal was to see how long she could breathe the oxygen before it began to poison her.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Rachel M. Lance
History | During World War II, British researchers conducted tests on themselves to gauge how submariners’ brains would function at extreme depths During the extreme violence and bombings of World War II, England called on its citizens to do what they could to help. That meant food rationing for everyone and long hours working in factories for some.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
technewstube.com | Rachel M. Lance
Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
wired.com | Rachel M. Lance
Not long ago, I let a colleague insert an IV line in my hand. He swished saline back and forth between two syringes to create bubbles, then he injected the foamy liquid into my vein. We wanted to know if a new gadget—a small Doppler ultrasound—could hear the bubbles in my bloodstream. We hoped the gadget might be useful in monitoring divers for decompression sickness, otherwise known as “the bends.” When the bubbles passed the ultrasound, we happily heard a waterfall of clicks.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Rachel M. Lance |David Grann |Elie Wiesel |Marion Wiesel
A fine history of the discoveries that allow humans to work safely underwater and the brilliant British scientist who led the effort. Former Navy engineer Lance, author of In the Waves, has an irresistible subject in J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964), an eccentric polymath and central figure in the 1920s genetics revolution. His accomplishments in a variety of fields are so numerous that his role in pioneering underwater research is often forgotten.
