A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Richard Feynman: physicist . . . Nobel winner . . . bestselling author .
. . safe-cracker.
In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the
larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist,
adventurer, musician, 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.
Anyone who ever wanted to know more about Richard P. Feynman, quantum
electrodynamics, the fine art of the bongo drums, the outrageously
obscure nation of Tuva, or the development and popularization of the
field of physics in the United States need look no further than this
rich and joyful work.
One of School Library Journal's Best Adult Books 4 Teens titles of
2011
One of Horn Book's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011
