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Hawking (Paperback)
Jim Ottaviani; Illustrated by Leland Myrick
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R400
Discovery Miles 4 000
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Following their New York Times-bestselling graphic novel Feynman,
Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick deliver a gripping biography of
Stephen Hawking, one of the most important scientists of our time.
From his early days at the St Albans School and Oxford, Stephen
Hawking's brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he
met. A lively and popular young man, it's no surprise that he would
later rise to celebrity status. At twenty-one he was diagnosed with
ALS, a degenerative neuromuscular disease. Though the disease
weakened his muscles and limited his ability to move and speak, it
did nothing to limit his mind. He went on to do groundbreaking work
in cosmology and theoretical physics for decades after being told
he had only a few years to live. He brought his intimate
understanding of the universe to the public in his 1988 bestseller,
A Brief History of Time. Soon after, he added pop-culture icon to
his accomplishments by playing himself on shows like Star Trek, The
Simpsons, and The Big Bang Theory, and becoming an outspoken
advocate for disability rights. In Hawking, writer Jim Ottaviani
and artist Leland Myrick have crafted an intricate portrait of the
great thinker, the public figure, and the man behind both
identities.
America may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the
Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman
in space. Meanwhile, in the United States, NASA's first female
astronauts were racing toward milestones of their own. These
trail-blazing women were admitted into Group 9, NASA's first
mixed-gender class. They had the challenging task of convincing the
powers that be that a woman's place is in space. But once they'd
been admitted into the training program, they discovered that NASA
had plenty to learn about how to make space travel possible for all
humans. In Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Jim Ottaviani
and illustrator Maris Wicks capture the great humour and incredible
drive of Mary Cleve, Valentina Tereshkova, and the first women in
space.
The Xeric Award-winning graphic novel is back in print, in a new
edition! From Galileo to Isaac Newton to Richard Feynman, you'll be
amazed how the personalities of the scientists who shaped our world
shaped their lives and discoveries. Some are serious, some are
humorous, yet each is a compelling tale of science history.
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Einstein (Hardcover)
Jim Ottaviani
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R733
R601
Discovery Miles 6 010
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E = mc(2) . A world-changing equation and a wild head of hair are
all most of us know about one of history's greatest minds, despite
his being a household name in his lifetime and an icon in ours. But
while the broad outlines of what Einstein did are well known, who
he was remained hidden from view to most...even his closest
friends. This is the story of a scientist who made many mistakes,
and even when he wanted to be proven wrong, was often right in the
end. It's a story of a humanist who struggled to connect with
people. And it's a story of a reluctant revolutionary who paid a
high price for living with a single dream. In Einstein, Jim
Ottaviani and Jerel Dye take us behind the veneer of celebrity,
painting a complex and intimate portrait of the scientist whose
name has become another word for genius.
In the graphic novel Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Jim
Ottaviani and illustrator Maris Wicks capture the great humor and
incredible drive of Mary Cleave, Valentina Tereshkova, and the
first women in space. The U.S. may have put the first man on the
moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina
Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but
soon NASA's first female astronauts were racing past milestones of
their own. The trail-blazing women of Group 9, NASA's first mixed
gender class, had the challenging task of convincing the powers
that be that a woman's place is in space, but they discovered that
NASA had plenty to learn about how to make space travel possible
for everyone.
Alan Turing (1912-1954) was the mathematician credited with
cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, enabling the
Allies to defeat the Nazis. After the war, Turing went on to launch
modern computer science through his creation of the universal
Turing machine and the Imitation Game, an artificial-intelligence
test that is still in use today. Turing kept his code-breaking work
a secret in order to safeguard his native England, but failed to
hide his sexual preferences, which led to his tragic death at the
hands of the same country he worked so hard to protect. Jim
Ottaviani and Leland Purvis show Turing to be an eccentric,
persecuted genius and a groundbreaking theoretician whose seminal
work still plays a role in the science and telecommunication
systems that fuel our modern world.
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Feynman (Paperback)
Jim Ottaviani
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R464
R415
Discovery Miles 4 150
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents
the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist,
adventurer, musician, and world-class raconteur, and one of the
greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman. Written
by nonfiction comics mainstay Jim Ottaviani and brilliantly
illustrated by First Second author Leland Myrick, Feynman tells the
story of the great man's life from his childhood in Long Island to
his work on the Manhattan Project and the Challenger disaster.
Ottaviani tackles the bad with the good, leaving the reader
delighted by Feynman's exuberant life and staggered at the loss
humanity suffered with his death. Readers and critics have been
delighted to discover and rediscover the fabulous Richard Feynman
through this rich and joyful work.
A vibrant graphic adaptation of the classic science memoir Regarded
as one of the world's preeminent biologists, Edward O. Wilson spent
his boyhood exploring the forests and swamps of south Alabama and
the Florida panhandle, collecting snakes, butterflies, and
ants--the latter to become his lifelong specialty. His memoir
Naturalist, called "one of the finest scientific memoirs ever
written" by the Los Angeles Times, is an inspiring account of
Wilson's growth as a scientist and the evolution of the fields he
helped define. This graphic edition, adapted by Jim Ottaviani and
illustrated by C.M.Butzer, brings Wilson's childhood and celebrated
career to life through dynamic full-color illustrations and
Wilson's own lyric writing. In this adaptation of Naturalist, vivid
illustrations draw readers in to Wilson's lifelong quest to explore
and protect the natural world. His success began not with an elite
education but an insatiable curiosity about Earth's wild creatures,
and this new edition of Naturalist makes Wilson's work accessible
for anyone who shares his passion. On every page, striking art adds
immediacy and highlights the warmth and sense of humor that sets
Wilson's writing apart. Naturalist was written as an invitation--a
reminder that curiosity is vital and scientific exploration is open
to all of us. Each dynamic frame of this graphic adaptation deepens
Wilson's message, renewing his call to discover and celebrate the
little things of the world.
So, you've always wanted to learn how to build an atomic bomb?
You're in luck: Jim Ottaviani is not only a comics writer...he also
has a master's degree in nuclear engineering! But even though it's
not a complete do-it-yourself manual (assembly required, and
plutonium is definitely not included), Fallout will bring you up to
speed on the science and politics of the first nuclear gadgets.
Like its companion volumes, the focus of Fallout is on the
scientists themselves -- in particular J. Robert Oppenheimer and
Leo Szilard, whose lives offer a cautionary tale about the uneasy
alliance between the military, the government, and the beginnings
of "big science."
Einstein looked up to him, the Nazis tried to abduct him, his
institute in Copenhagen hosted just about every Nobel prize winner
in physics you can name (and then some), and Winston Churchill
considered him a dangerous, dangerous man. His friends and enemies
agreed: Niels Bohr was more than the father of quantum mechanics -
he was one of the most important figures of the 20th century. The
Tony Award-winning Broadway play "Copenhagen" barely scratched the
surface. "Suspended in Language" tells the complete story of Niels
Bohr's amazing life, discoveries, and his pervasive influence on
science, philosophy, and politics. Told in an engaging and
accessible mixture of text and comics, it includes a full color
supplement on how to teleport just like the pros do - and why you
might not want to.
This original graphic novel features famous women scientists
including Marie Curie, Emmy Noether, Lise Meitner, Rosalind
Franklin, Barbara McClintock, Birute Galdikas, and Hedy Lamarr.
This title includes stories that offer a human context which is
often missed when we learn about the discoveries attached to these
scientists' names. Readers, drawn in by the compelling anecdotes,
will discover intriguing characters, while end notes and references
will lead them to further information on the scientists they've
read about.
Psychologists know best, of course, and in the 1950s they warned
parents about the dangers of too much love. Besides, what was
"love" anyway? Just a convenient name for children seeking food and
adults seeking sex. It took an outsider scientist to challenge it.
When Harry Harlow began his experiments on mother love he was more
than just an outside the mainstream, though. He was a deeply
unhappy man who knew in his gut the truth about what love - and its
absence - meant, and set about to prove it. His experiments and
results shocked the world, and "Wire Mothers & Inanimate Arms"
will shock you as well.
"Levitation" tells the story of the most dazzling gravity-defying
illusion ever performed on stage, and features a cast of characters
that seems almost too good to be true: John Neville Maskelyne, the
very proper scientist-magician and the trick's inventor; Harry
Kellar, the brash American who fails to buy the illusion, so steals
it instead; Howard Thurston, the handsome and charismatic performer
who inherits the act from Kellar; and Guy Jarrett, the
rough-and-tumble engineer who perfects the levitation and guides us
through the unfolding drama. But true it is - you'll never look at
magic, or the mysteries of science - the same way again.
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Primates (Paperback)
Jim Ottaviani
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R386
R293
Discovery Miles 2 930
Save R93 (24%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Jim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three
greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian
Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. These three groundbreaking researchers
were all students of the great Louis Leakey, and each made profound
contributions to primatology - and to our own understanding of
ourselves. Tackling Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas in turn, and
covering the highlights of their respective careers, Primates is an
entertaining and informative look at primatology and at the lives
of three of the most remarkable women scientists of the twentieth
century, with charming illustrations by Maris Wicks.
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