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"We're going to investigate every single one of these hypotheses, and we'll tell you what we think is the truth about it" - Jacques Cousteau in 1978
Interview by Roy Leonard on WGN Radio, from the Roy Leonard Audio Archive
Jacques Cousteau, the world famous oceanographer and undersea explorer who invented the Aqua-Lung, dared to go where no one had gone before. He followed his passion to both protect and better understand our world's oceans and the creatures that inhabited them. Cousteau was 65 at the time of this recording but he was still diving and hungry for more exploration and adventure. Here's his story.
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"We're going to investigate every single one of these hypotheses, and we'll tell you what we think is the truth about it" - Jacques Cousteau in 1978
Interview by Roy Leonard on WGN Radio, from the Roy Leonard Audio Archive
Jacques Cousteau, the world famous oceanographer and undersea explorer who invented the Aqua-Lung, dared to go where no one had gone before. He followed his passion to both protect and better understand our world's oceans and the creatures that inhabited them. Cousteau was 65 at the time of this recording but he was still diving and hungry for more exploration and adventure. Here's his story.
See more in our special series of icons of science and innovation: The Experimenters
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-trnf4MEFqsWyow8l1FsNsa2v_o8M7E
Carl Sagan, Oliver Sacks, George Washginton Carver, Sally Ride, Temple Grandin and more
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Jimmy Carter on God and Power
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youtube.com/watch?v=SyrDfCSZJmI
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