by JimOttaviani (Author), Leland Myrick (Illustrator)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Publisher: First Second
Published: 02 Sep 2011
ISBN 10: 1596432594
ISBN 13: 9781596432598
These images capture with remarkable sensitivity the essence of Feynman's character. The comic-book picture somehow comes to life and speaks with the voice of the real Feynman. Freeman Dyson, The New York Review of Books
Spectacular. The Horn Book, starred review
...a penetrating and insightful biography Washington Independent Review of Books
Challenging and thought-provoking VOYA review
These images capture with remarkable sensitivity the essence of Feynman's character. The comic-book picture somehow comes to life and speaks with the voice of the real Feynman. --Freeman Dyson, The New York Review of Books
Spectacular. --The Horn Book, starred review
.. .a penetrating and insightful biography --Washington Independent Review of Books
Challenging and thought-provoking --VOYA review
JIM OTTAVIANI (Feynman, Primates) is the world's preeminent writer of comics and graphic novels about science. Notable works include a biography of Niels Bohr and the fast-paced tale of the desperate lives of early paleontologists and T-Minus: The Race to the Moon, from Aladdin books. He has worked as a nuclear engineer and is currently employed as a reference librarian in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
LELAND MYRICK (Feynman, Missouri Boy) is the Ignatz Award- and Harvey Award-nominated author and illustrator of The Sweet Collection and Bright Elegy. His writing and illustrations have appeared in publications as diverse as Dark Horse Comics, GQ Japan and Vogue Russia. He grew up in Missouri, a place that has inspired much of his poetry and art, and he now lives in Pasadena, California, with his wife and daughter.