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Death of Professor Jacques Piccard

Geneva, Switzerland - At the age of 86

"One of the last great explorers of the 20th century, a true Captain Nemo who went deeper than any other man, Jacques Piccard passed away on Saturday, 1st November at his home on the edge of his beloved Lake Geneva at the age of 86. Born in Brussels on 28 July 1922, Jacques continued the work of his father, the famous physicist Auguste Piccard who invented both the stratospheric balloon and the...

fra/pec - 1096049
Rome, Italy, 11/03/2008 12:47
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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