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Présentation de l'éditeur
On May 27, 1931, Auguste Piccard became the first human to enter the stratosphere, flying an experimental balloon he invented himself. Thirty years later, his son Jacques went to the bottom of the earth, descending to the Mariana Trench in a submarine built by him and Auguste. To this day, no one has gone deeper. Bertrand, the third generation, was the first person to fly around the world non-stop in a balloon. Now, he's building his own craft: a solar powered plane to circumnavigate the globe.
In The Explorer Gene, Tom Cheshire asks how three generations of one family achieved such extraordinary feats, often with the consensus against them. None of the Piccards set out to explore: Auguste was a physicist, Jacques an economist and Bertrand a psychiatrist. Was it fate, a famous family name - or their explorer gene?
With a foreword by James Cameron.
Biographie de l'auteur
Tom Cheshire read Classics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is Associate Editor of Wired. His work has also appeared in GQ, Condé Nast Traveller and the Evening Standard. He lives in London and this is his first book.
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- ÉditeurShort Books
- Date d'édition2014
- ISBN 10 1780722141
- ISBN 13 9781780722146
- ReliureBroché
- Langueanglais
- Nombre de pages320
- Coordonnées du fabricantnon disponible
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