Bertrand Piccard
Psychiatre et aventurier, auteur du premier tour du monde en ballon (1999) et du premier tour du monde en avion solaire (2015-2016), Bertrand Piccard, 62 ans, est président de la Fondation Solar Impulse qui s’est donnée pour...
Objectif Soleil
Parution :
22/02/2017
Collection :
Hors collection littérature française
When they talked about their project, everyone thought they were crazy. Yet they achieved the impossible: completing the first solar-powered flight around the world.
Followed by millions of supporters, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg flew 43,000 km without a single drop of fuel. Through thirteen years of hopes and doubts, successes and setbacks, they never stopped believing in the power of their dream.
This book is their story, an ode to the pioneering spirit and destiny of these two very different men, through their friendship and their rivalry. With just a single seat in the plane, they had to learn how to share their flights, efforts, tears, and glory. For the first time they reveal this saga's most compelling moments, from the project’s early days to the plane’s conception, from its fundraising and team-building challenges to the actual flight’s most thrilling achievements.
Just as solar energy carried them, this real-life adventure will lift the reader on a passionate dream à la Jules Verne in seeking a better quality of life on our planet.
When Solar Impulse completed its trip around the world in Abu Dhabi on July 26, 2016, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg became legends.
Bertrand Piccard is the initiator of the Solar Impulse project. A psychiatrist and explorer, he was the first to complete the first nonstop round-the-world flight in a balloon. He is also the author of the bestselling book Changer d’altitude (Changing Altitude), also published with Stock in 2014.
André Borschberg is the co-founder of Solar Impulse. An engineer and entrepreneur who has created several start-ups, he was trained as a fighter pilot in the Swiss air force.
Followed by millions of supporters, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg flew 43,000 km without a single drop of fuel. Through thirteen years of hopes and doubts, successes and setbacks, they never stopped believing in the power of their dream.
This book is their story, an ode to the pioneering spirit and destiny of these two very different men, through their friendship and their rivalry. With just a single seat in the plane, they had to learn how to share their flights, efforts, tears, and glory. For the first time they reveal this saga's most compelling moments, from the project’s early days to the plane’s conception, from its fundraising and team-building challenges to the actual flight’s most thrilling achievements.
Just as solar energy carried them, this real-life adventure will lift the reader on a passionate dream à la Jules Verne in seeking a better quality of life on our planet.
When Solar Impulse completed its trip around the world in Abu Dhabi on July 26, 2016, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg became legends.
Bertrand Piccard is the initiator of the Solar Impulse project. A psychiatrist and explorer, he was the first to complete the first nonstop round-the-world flight in a balloon. He is also the author of the bestselling book Changer d’altitude (Changing Altitude), also published with Stock in 2014.
André Borschberg is the co-founder of Solar Impulse. An engineer and entrepreneur who has created several start-ups, he was trained as a fighter pilot in the Swiss air force.
On les avait crus fous quand ils ont parlé de leur projet, et pourtant ils ont réussi l’impossible : accomplir le premier tour du monde en avion solaire. Suivis par des millions de supporters, Bertrand Piccard et André Borschberg ont parcouru 43 000 km sans une goutte de carburant. En treize ans d’espoirs et de doutes, de succès et de revers, ils n’ont jamais cessé de croire à la force de leur rêve.
Ce livre est leur histoire, une ode à l’esprit pionnier. Le destin de deux hommes très différents, leur amitié et leur rivalité. Comme il n’y avait qu’un seul siège dans l’avion, ils ont dû apprendre à partager – les vols, les efforts, les larmes et la gloire.
L’énergie solaire les a portés. L’aventure humaine emportera le lecteur dans les émotions d’un rêve à la Jules Verne au service d’une meilleure qualité de vie sur cette planète.
Lorsque Solar Impulse achève son tour du monde à Abou Dhabi, le 26 juillet 2016, Bertrand Piccard et André Borschberg entrent dans la légende.
Ce livre est leur histoire, une ode à l’esprit pionnier. Le destin de deux hommes très différents, leur amitié et leur rivalité. Comme il n’y avait qu’un seul siège dans l’avion, ils ont dû apprendre à partager – les vols, les efforts, les larmes et la gloire.
L’énergie solaire les a portés. L’aventure humaine emportera le lecteur dans les émotions d’un rêve à la Jules Verne au service d’une meilleure qualité de vie sur cette planète.
Lorsque Solar Impulse achève son tour du monde à Abou Dhabi, le 26 juillet 2016, Bertrand Piccard et André Borschberg entrent dans la légende.
400 pages
Format :
153 x 240 mm
EAN :
9782234080836
Prix :
22.00 €
