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Alain Bombard
(27 Oct 1924 - 19 Jul 2005)
French biologist and physician who made a single-handed 65-day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in a small lifeboat, L'Hérétique, to test his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive without provisions.
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Science Quotes by Alain Bombard (2 quotes)
I claim to have proved that the sea itself provides sufficient food and drink to enable the battle for survival to be fought with perfect confidence.
— Alain Bombard
In Bombard’s Voyage: Abridged from The Bombard Story (1959), 143.
I had fought on behalf of man against the sea, but I realised that it had become more urgent to fight on behalf of the sea against men.
— Alain Bombard
From an interview on the 50th anniversary of his voyage, when asked about his avid support for environmentalism in later years. As quoted in 'Alain Bombard: Transatlantic Adventurer Who Survived on the Fruits of the Sea', The Times (19 Jul 2005).
See also:
- 27 Oct - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Bombard's birth.
- The Voyage of the Heretique, by Alain Bombard. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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