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Cousteau, Jean Michel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jean Michel Cousteau Jean Michel Cousteau (born 1938), the son of famous oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, has followed in his father's footsteps to become a well-known marine biologist himself. He has taken up the fight to preserve and protect...
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Cousteau, Jacques
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jacques Cousteau Born: June 11, 1910 Saint-Andr...explorer, and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau was an undersea explorer, a photographer...Early life and inspiration Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born June 11, 1910, in Saint...
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jacques-Yves Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910-1997) was an undersea explorer, photographer...more vast than the surface above water. In this work Captain Cousteau and his companions achieved remarkable success, especially...
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Cousteau, Jacques-Yves
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Cousteau, Jacques-Yves (1910–97...x2018;The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau’. In 1957 he was appointed...undersea laboratories. In 1973 he formed the Cousteau Society, a non-profit-making organization...
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jacques Yves Cousteau , 1910-97, French oceanographer and...Diolé, 1972); and Jacques Cousteau's Calypso (1983). Among his films...series was "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" (1968-75).
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Cousteau, Jacques Yves
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Cousteau, Jacques Yves (1910–97) French oceanographer. Best known as the co-inventor (with Emile Gagnan) of the aqualung...
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Sylvia A. Earle
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...a major role in Earle's future. A self-contained underwater breathing apparatus had been developed in part by Jacques Cousteau as recently as 1943, and refined during the time Earle was involved in her scholarly research. SCUBA equipment was not only...
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oceanography
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...analogous to the Dept. of Agriculture's sponsorship of land-grant colleges. Projects such as Conshelf, under Jacques Cousteau; Sealab, under the U.S. Navy; Tektite, a cooperative venture of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior and the National...
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Harold Edgerton
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...which not only has practical engineering applications but also produces breathtaking imagery. Edgerton joined with Jacques Cousteau in underwater exploration, producing the first underwater time-lapse photography (1968) and inventing sonar devices that...
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Ocean
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Trenches — Deep, trough-like depressions in the ocean floor. BOOKS Dinwiddie, Robert, Louise Thomas, and Fabien Cousteau. Ocean. New York: DK Adult, 2006. Hutchinson, Stephen and Lawrence E. Hawkins. Oceans: A Visual Guide. Tonawanda...
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