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Author Cheshire, Tom, author.

Title The explorer gene : how three generations of one family went higher, deeper, and further than any before / Tom Cheshire ; with a foreword by James Cameron.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Marble Arch Press, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  910.92 C42    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  910.92 CH    Check Shelf
Edition First Marble Arch Press hardcover edition.
Description xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290) and index.
Summary 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?
Subject Piccard, Jules, 1840-1933.
Piccard, Auguste, 1884-1962.
Piccard, Jean Felix, 1884-1963.
Piccard, Bertrand.
Explorers -- Switzerland -- Biography.
Balloonists -- Switzerland -- Biography.
Submariners -- Switzerland -- Biography.
Other Editions: Reproduction of (mainfestation): Cheshire, Tom. Explorer gene London : Short Books, 2013 9781780720890
ISBN 9781476730271
147673027X
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