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Cheshire, Tom,(author.).

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  • ISBN: 9781476730271
  • ISBN: 147673027X
  • Physical Description: xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Marble Arch Press hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Marble Arch Press, 2013.

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In The Explorer Gene, Tom Cheshire asks how three ... Read More
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.
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24514. ‡aThe explorer gene : ‡bhow three generations of one family went higher, deeper, and further than any before / ‡cTom Cheshire ; with a foreword by James Cameron.
250 . ‡aFirst Marble Arch Press hardcover edition.
260 . ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bMarble Arch Press, ‡c2013.
300 . ‡axvi, 301 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c24 cm
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 289-290) and index.
520 . ‡aIn 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?
60010. ‡aPiccard, Jules, ‡d1840-1933.
60010. ‡aPiccard, Auguste, ‡d1884-1962.
60010. ‡aPiccard, Jean Felix, ‡d1884-1963.
60010. ‡aPiccard, Bertrand. ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)129847
650 0. ‡aExplorers ‡zSwitzerland ‡vBiography.
650 0. ‡aBalloonists ‡zSwitzerland ‡vBiography.
650 0. ‡aSubmariners ‡zSwitzerland ‡vBiography.
77508. ‡iReproduction of (mainfestation): ‡aCheshire, Tom. ‡tExplorer gene ‡dLondon : Short Books, 2013 ‡z9781780720890
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