National Geographic Adventure Classics: The Silent World : The International Bestseller by the Father of Underwater Exploration (Hardcover)

from TheSmarch

This book is about Jacques Cousteau's invention of the aqualung, and the first few years of experimentation with it. His tale is sort of meandering (like this review) and jumps from topic to topic without really fleshing out any of them in tremendous detail. It is more of a summary of what he was...

from aaronbaron

Coustou's autobiography is not terribly well written. For a man who has seen amazing things beneath the waves, his descriptions are somewhat elliptic and lackluster, leading me to believe that he focused on film precisely because it does the describing work for you. This book also feels elliptic,...

from TheSmarch

This book is about Jacques Cousteau's invention of the aqualung, and the first few years of experimentation with it. His tale is sort of meandering (like this review) and jumps from topic to topic without really fleshing out any of them in tremendous detail. It is more of a summary of what he was...

from Stbalbach

The Silent World was Jacques Cousteau's first book and his introduction to the English speaking world (although a French national he wrote the book in English). The documentary of the same name, showing events detailed in the book, was released in 1956 and won an Academy Award, launching Cousteau...

from Stbalbach

The Silent World was Jacques Cousteau's first book and his introduction to the English speaking world (although a French national he wrote the book in English). The documentary of the same name, showing events detailed in the book, was released in 1956 and won an Academy Award, launching Cousteau...