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|title=The Explorer Gene

|sort=Explorer Gene, The

|publisher=Short Books Ltd

|date=September 2013

|summary=Three generations of the same family aspired to go higher, deeper and further than any human had gone before.

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''The Explorer Gene'' relates the remarkable story of three generations of the Piccard family, each of whom managed to push the boundaries of travel and break new frontiers. The grandfather, Auguste Piccard was the first human to enter the stratosphere, using en experimental balloon of his own invention. His later work, designing submarines, enabled his son Jacques to become the first person to descend to the bottom of the infamous Mariana trench, setting a world record for the deepest dive. Grandson Bertrand became the first person to fly around the world in a balloon and now seeks to break new records by means of a solar-powered craft that he intends to pilot all the way around the earth.