Jacques Yves Cousteau Military Officer
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: France
- Born: Jun 11, 1910
- Died: Jun 25, 1997
Jacques-Yves Cousteau AC was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the Aqua-Lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française.
Cousteau described his underwater world research in series of books, perhaps most successful being his first book, The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure, published in 1953. Cousteau also directed films, most notably the documentary adaptation of the book, The Silent World, which won a Palme d'or at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. He remained the only person to win a Palme d'Or for a documentary film, until Michael Moore won the award in 2004 for Fahrenheit 9/11.
What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
nature & science
Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
history
No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
intelligence
I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
science
The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
happiness
The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
great & hope