Jacques Yves Cousteau was born on June 11th’ 1910 in Saint-Andre-de-Dubzac France. His father was a legal advisor and was fascinated with people like Thomas Edison and his inventions like the light bulb. His mother was a housewife with rich parents. They both had large expectations for their newborn son. Jacques grew up in Andre-de-Dubzac and had many friends. He loved machines and the water in his youth, two things which would be very important in …showed first 75 words of 1417 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1417 total…swim up. In the spring of 1943 Cousteau and a colleague named Emile Gagnan made a successful version of the aqualung and submitted it to the patenting office. Today the aqualung or scuba gear as it is now called, is a thing we think of as a simple and easy to operate. However if it weren’t for Jacques Cousteau the world would know little to nothing of the depths of the ocean and marine sciences.