| I assume that the purple book is 'Technical Diving in Depth'? It's a bit of a monster, very mathematical with few easy explanations - it's good but too detailed for a first step. I found that the best starting point for me was Eric Baker's paper on M-Values (there is a link through Mark's DiveTech website he posted). That should give you an introduction to Bhulmann theory - next step is to look at the paper on Gradient factors (basically a Bhulmann fudge factor). I found it better to fully understand the basics of Bhulmann before moving to anything on Bubble models as most of the stuff I read on those used Bhulmann as a comparison.
There are some good threads on YD as well - after you've read the papers have a look through some of the discussions in the Deco section.
Good luck, it can be hard going but definately worth it.
Mark - watch out next week on the Adv Nitrox course, I'm coming armed with lots of very probably stupid questions after doing some reading over the last couple of weeks ! |