“Bold, daring, exciting adventures – fraught with danger befitting James Bond – are at the heart of this valuable contribution to the literature of how humans developed techniques, protocols, and different breathing gas mixtures for survival, working, and exploration in both the deep sea and space environment by one of the men directly involved in those developments.”

– Bernie Chowdhury, author – of _The Last Dive: A Father and Son’s Fatal Decent into the Ocean’s Depths

“Bending Atmospheres A Journey from Inner to Outer Space is the fascinating life story of Glenn Butler and his deep commercial diving and mix gas research accomplishments. The cast of charters that Glenn worked with, the included technical information, and how technology developed for underwater gets used in the space program is an intriguing story. Very few people know this part of history. I could not put this riveting book down.”

– Larry Cohen, Underwater Photographer, and
co-founder of the Underwater Photographic Society

“It takes a thoughtful mind and uniquely gifted spirit to put together this monumental book. Glenn is a colorful, experienced, talented and brave person. His life story was enriched by a few of the brightest minds in aquatic commercial, military, technical and medical industry. We are blessed to have Glenn’s book as a reference to a brighter future of ocean exploration.”

– Amos Nachoum, Owner/Director, Explorer, Wildlife Photographer, Speaker

By JS1SCUBA / Joel Silverstein
Diving Technologist
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2021

Five(5) start rating

A Diver’s Must-Read
I met Glenn Butler in 1992 when I started my magazine SUBAQUA Journal. Glenn then introduced me to Dr. Bill Hamilton. To me, these were just a few incredible men who were at the top of their fields. But they were just like you and me. They were excited about new things in diving and keeping divers safer.

In 1995 I took over the hyperbaric chambers on City Island and it was Glenn who taught me everything about gas mixing, chamber operations, and oxygen safety. Little did I know he was the “lab rat” for everything that was done in mixed gas diving prior to that time. Bending Atmospheres is a chronicle of a life’s work that also made the lives of so many others richer in more ways than can be expressed. I am proud to call Glenn a friend and a colleague.

If you are in the diving world Bending Atmospheres is a MUST-READ book. If you are a technical diver, it is even more of a must-read. Everything we do today in advanced and technical diving is because of Glenn Butler, Dr. Bill Hamilton, Dave Kenyon, and Hans Schreiner. For Glenn to put this incredible story to print makes is all the more special.

By DBertels
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021

Five(5) start rating

An interesting tale of one man’s experiences
This is an engrossing story about discovery, adventure success and failure from the man who personally experienced the events. The way that the narrative is constructed from snippets from from the author’s past interwoven with more contemporary events is interesting and gives a window on his past as well as his work in the present. I recommend the book to anyone who has an interest in deep sea diving, space exploration and hypobaric therapies.

By Susan Joiner
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2021

Five(5) start rating

Highly recommended!
Bending Atmospheres: A Journey from Inner to Outer Space – is the intriguing intersection of a fascinating career and scientific discoveries from the ocean’s depths to space exploration.
Written by Glenn J. Butler with W.B. King and describing life experiences, this book is so encouraging and necessary to young people who are struggling to discover the background of someone who has challenged the world around him to lead to adventures, discoveries, progress and knowledge from the natural world. It also is an important chronological history of events in the fields of commercial, military and scientific diving and on to space exploration.
Some of the exciting chapters include;
Spam in a Can, The Big Push, Fire and Ice, The Peanut Butter Effect, The Prince of Gasses,
Diving in the Sky, and NASA Mission
This scientific journey is a very compelling narrative written so that it offers personal insights and stories included with many interesting accomplishments, adventures and discoveries.
Extremely entertaining and refreshingly personal, highly recommended!