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There are 17 critical essays on Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
Critical Essays on Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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 Critical Essay by Michael Allaby
1,188 words, approx. 4 pages
 Jacques-Yves Cousteau is that cliché, the "living legend". Strangers walk up to shake him by the hand and accept his autograph signed on any scrap of paper they can find. His superstar status might well be the envy of many an aspiring entertainer. Each of his television films is seen by something like 120 million people; in Britain alone his audience can exceed 10 million. He has made 65 films for the cinema and television, he has written more than 30 books, and his articles appear in m... from source:
Critical Essay by Booklist
1,071 words, approx. 4 pages
The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau (hereafter Ocean World) is a 20-volume set concerned with the oceans generally and, more specifically, with marine life and exploration. This is a revised edition of The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau produced in 1974. According to the publisher, the 1975 edition resulted from revisions made by Captain Cousteau after thorough reassessment of the original edition. (p. 742) Ocean World is, according to its publisher, intended for student use through senior high school and ... from source:
Critical Essay by Desmond Young
956 words, approx. 3 pages
Recently, as the exploration of the oceans and the sea-bed has become less commercial and more scientific in purpose, books about diving have won a wide readership. All of us are entranced by the new knowledge brought up from this secret world. No man has done so much to open the door to this world and to reveal its mysteries as Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Certainly no other man is so uniquely fitted for the self-imposed task. A seaman, qualified to command any vessel in the French fleet, superb navigator,... from source:
Critical Essay by Rachel L. Carson
691 words, approx. 2 pages
"We have tried to find the entrance to the great hydrosphere because we feel that the sea age is soon to come." So Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a French navy gunnery officer, sums up his motives for devoting fifteen years to pioneering undersea explorations, in the course of which he has made more than 5,000 dives. Cousteau's work is an important Jacques-Yves Cousteau 1910– Claus Meyer/Black Star
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Critical Essay by H. J. Cargas
538 words, approx. 2 pages
The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau promises to be an epic. Having seen [Oasis in Space, The Act of Life, and Quest for Food], the first three volumes of the 20 book set, I am impressed by what quality work can be published at such a reasonable price…. The texts, expectedly, are excellent. Whether they were ghost written or translated from French we are not told, but they have the same clarity and adventuresomeness that Cousteau's television specials have. The introduction to the first volume,... from source:
Critical Essay by Robert C. Cowen
466 words, approx. 2 pages
Reading Jacques-Yves Cousteau's captivating new book ["The Living Sea"], I had a strong impulse to hand in this review and immediately take off to find Calypso. From this, his oceangoing research ship, the famed French undersea explorer has helped to open a fascinating and challenging underwater world. Some academic oceanographers have found it fashionable to discount his exploits. But the years of effort that have been compressed into the pages of this book speak for themselves of the ... from source:
Critical Essay by James P. Sterba
462 words, approx. 2 pages
It is difficult to criticize anything with Jacques Cousteau's name on it, especially a book as beautiful to look at as ["The Ocean World"]. Captain Cousteau has done more than anyone else to educate people about their "water planet." He has been a buoyant, indefatigable scout of the saltwater world, and through his films of his underwater adventures he has invited us to come along with him. (p. 12) For the past several years, Captain Cousteau has been dashing about the glo... from source:
Critical Essay by The Times Literary Supplement
370 words, approx. 1 pages
Although the trumpetings of jacket blurbs should not be taken too seriously there is one phrase that never fails to arouse the reviewer's suspicions: scientific accuracy. Rarely is this claim made for a scientifically accurate book and it is disappointing to find that The Shark is no exception. First in a series of studies on underwater life by Jacques Cousteau and his son [Philippe Cousteau], it is said by the publishers to set "an incredibly high standard for those that will follow", ... from source:
Critical Essay by The Times Literary Supplement
275 words, approx. 1 pages
Diving for Sunken Treasure is a popular account of M Cousteau's expedition to the site of what he believes to be the Silver Bank, near Puerto Rico, in search of the remains of the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, the treasure galleon salvaged by William Phipps in 1687. Working from the research vessel Calypso, he found a wreck which he believed might be the treasure galleon. The book tells the story of the "excavation" of the wreck, and the subsequent discover... from source:
Critical Essay by E. F. Bartley
268 words, approx. 1 pages
There is no question about the fact that Jacques Cousteau is an interesting showman as well as a competent researcher of the ocean depths. That he writes well is attested to by [Life and Death in a Coral Sea]…. Credit also must be given to the technical writing assistance of Philippe Diolé and the capable translation by J. F. Bernard…. In addition to giving the reader many new insights into the world of the sea, Cousteau provides an account of the exploration processes themselves. Histo... from source:
Critical Essay by Philip Morrison and Phylis Morrison
229 words, approx. 1 pages
The bulk of the beautifully illustrated volume [Dolphins] recounts the dolphin experiences of Cousteau and the others over nearly 30 years: following, admiring, luring, capturing, feeding, training and swimming with dolphins of varied species in the several seas. The posthuman intelligence attributed by some to the dolphins gets little support here. Most original are accounts of human whistle speech, unfortunately only a few pages and photographs, and a long and detailed record of a visit with fisherfolk on... from source:
Critical Essay by Joseph T. Evans
216 words, approx. 1 pages
[The Shark] consists of a series of fascinating narrations by the world famous underwater explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his son Philippe. It concerns their preparation and voyage on the Calypso to seek, study, research, and photograph the activities and habitual movements of sharks. There are vivid, exciting narratives of encounters with sharks—sharks of different species and size, from the large whale shark to the hammerhead and dogfish. Experiences with the beautiful, agile, graceful vultures ... from source:
Critical Essay by Science Books
178 words, approx. 1 pages
[Three Adventures: Galápagos, Titicaca, The Blue Holes] is the account of three unrelated trips by Cousteau and his film crew to the Galápagos, the Andes and British Honduras…. The account is interesting, but the quality of the writing varies greatly; many sections are sadly prosaic. Sometimes the translation limps; for example, in a description of the habits of a crab (which, like most crabs, is a scavenger) found in the Galápagos…. Overall, the information presented in t... from source:
Critical Essay by The New Yorker
165 words, approx. 1 pages
[Jacques and Philippe Cousteau] recently (1967–68) spent about a year studying sharks at point-blank range in the Red Sea and in the western Indian Ocean, and it is probable that they (and their colleagues) now know more about that almost ubiquitous marine predator than anybody else in the world. This magnificently illustrated book ["The Shark: Splendid Savage of the Sea"] (a hundred and twenty-four eerie, deep-sea color photographs and many drawings, diagrams, and maps) is a stirring n... from source:
Critical Essay by Betty Minemier
121 words, approx. 0 pages
The 20-volume set, The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau, is Grolier's answer to increasing demands for authoritative, attractive, accessible materials on the newest "big science"—oceanography. Oceanography, or Cousteau's preference, marine science, is not new, but recent interests and efforts by governments and industries equate it with the space and atomic sciences.
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Critical Essay by Dorothy Needham
117 words, approx. 0 pages
Countless secrets of the sea are revealed in ["The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau," a] thrilling multidimensional study of the ocean's wonders, dangers, demands, riches, challenges, beauty, problems, creatures and visitors. Although a reference work, comprehensively indexed in volume 20, each book reads like a suspenseful adventure story with thousands of characters relating to each other in a single setting. All the major branches of oceanography are included—marine physics, ch... from source:
Critical Essay by Nelson Bryant
99 words, approx. 0 pages
["Life and Death in a Coral Sea" is] the absorbing story of the Cousteau teams' investigation of coral reefs in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Cousteau is undoubtedly the best-known marine explorer in the world today, having been introduced to millions through his magnificently photographed television shows, and this book maintains his tradition of excellence. The style of the book is easy and lively and much of it reads like a diary. (p. 62) Nelson Bryant, "A Nat... 
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