His near death experience was very traumatic but it was also beneficial because it allowed him to pursue his passion for the ocean. In Toulon, where Cousteau was serving on the Condorcet, he carried out his first underwater experiments thanks to his friend Philippe Tailliex who in 1936 lent him some Fernez underwater goggles. Jacques Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studies the sea and all forms of life in water. Cousteau liked to call himself an “oceanographic technician,” but in reality he was a showman, teach, and lover of nature. His work permitted many people to explore the resources of the oceans. His work also created a new kind of scientific communication criticized at the time by some academics. The so-called “divulgationism,” a simple way of sharing scientific concepts, was soon employed in other disciplines and became one of the most important characteristics of modern television broadcasting. Though he was not a particularly religious man, he believed that the teachings of the different major religions provide valuable ideals and thoughts to protect the …show more content…
He describes his underwater world research in a series of books, the most successful being his first book, The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure, published in 1953, Cousteau also directed films, most notably the documentary of the book, The Silent World, which won an award at the 1956 Cannes festival. He remained the only person to win that specific award for a documentary film until 2004. Following the success of the Aqua-Lung device, he continued to innovate the marine industry. He created an idea for living underwater. In 1962, he launched his team into an around the bend adventure building a house under the sea and naming it