Jacques cousteau biography book

French naval officer, oceanographer, filmskapare and author (1910-1997)

Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC (, also, French:[ʒakivkusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997)^[1] was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmskapare and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries.

Cousteau wrote many books describing his undersea explorations. In his first book, The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure, Cousteau surmised the existence of the echolocation abilities of porpoises. The book was adapted into an underwater documentary called The Silent World. Co-directed by Cousteau and Louis Malle, it was one of the first films to use underwater cinematography to document the ocean depths in color. The film won the 1956 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and r

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau

The Silent World
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4.27 avg rating — 1,294 ratings — published 1953 — 91 editions

The Ocean World

4.50 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 1973 — 11 editions

The Living Sea
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4.29 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1963 — 27 editions

The Shark: Splendid Savage of the Sea

4.14 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1970 — 19 editions

Octopus and Squid: The Soft Intelligence
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4.10 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions

The whale: mighty monarch of the sea

4.27 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1972 — 12 editions

Diving for Sunken Treasure
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4.18 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1971 — 9 editions

Dolphins

4.22 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1979 — 21 editions

Three Adventures: Galapagos, Titicaca, the Blue Holes
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