- Paperback: 250 pages
- Publisher: Nick Lyons Books (1 Oct 1987)
- ISBN-10: 0941130452
- ISBN-13: 978-0941130455
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,071,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Before becoming the man who introduced us to the wonders of the sea through his beloved television series, Jacques Cousteau was better known as an engineer and the inventor of scuba. He chronicled his early days of underwater adventure in The Silent World--a memoir that was an instant, international bestseller upon its publication in 1954. Now, National Geographic presents a 50th anniversary edition of this remarkable book, allowing readers to once again travel under the sea with Cousteau during the turbulent days of World War II.
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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a wonderful book. Cousteau knows how to tell fascinating dive stories (some involving near-death moments) and keep you informed as well. The photos in the hardback edition are mostly (but not all) black and white, but stunning, especially the photo of a shark's maw one foot away from Cousteau's camera! The courage of the man takes the breath away and makes a lot of today's expert divers seem namby-pamby. No wetsuits for Jacques, he and Didi Dumas swam around in very brief swimtrunks which were no doubt regarded as sexy and trendy in the 1950s. Both of them do lots of things in the sea which would now be regarded as politically incorrect, so a really fun read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Cousteau's autobiographical account of his deep sea adventures is told with much vividness and recounts the experiences of Cousteasu and his comrade, Frederic Dumas, in the sea after their discovery of the aqua lung. A good book to read if interested in diving, or simply as a general interest publication. Either way the book makes for a good read and, considering Cousteau translated the story from the French himself, is impressively well written.
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This book covers the early, pioneering days of scuba diving. All the participants are clearly mad but what a buzz they must have got. It is the sort of book you can read again and again dipping in at different small stories or from cover to cover. Should be in every divers book set.
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Cousteau's silent world
Very good read, full of adventure and provides an insight into the early years of the career of Jacques Yves Cousteau, a true adventurer. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Stuart Neath
The Silent World
An absolute classic book, it gives a fascinating insight into the development of underwater exploration and pioneering work done by Cousteau and his friends with the then-new... Read more
Published 4 months ago by D. Ross
Great book for anyone interesting in diving
I've become interested in scuba diving over the last year or so and also remember all those Jacques Cousteau TV programmes on TV in the 70s. Read more
Published 8 months ago by M. Saxby
The Silent World
A poetic and visionary account of the deep sea diving experiments and discoveries of Capitaine de Corvette Jacques Yves Cousteau.
Published 23 months ago by Anatoli
magical realm
This is a beautifully written book and it has a real magic about it. Cousteau was a pioneer of the aqualung and undersea exploration and he recounts the many unknown dangers he and... Read more
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