Post by droidofages on Sept 8, 2008 22:38:33 GMT -4
Want to learn how we got past the atom and into small particle physics? Check out this graphic novel by a fellow Canadian:
Jim Ottaviani's "Suspended in Language - Niels Bohr's Life, Discoveries & the Century He Shaped".
Here's an excerpt from the blurb on the back of the book:
"Einstein looked up to him, the Nazis wanted to kidnap him, his institute in Copenhagen hosted practically every Nobel prize winner in physics you can name (and then some), and Winston Churchill considered him by far the most dangerous man on the Manhattan Project."
Or if you'd like to learn a little more about J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard and the politics of the atom bomb, check out:
Jim Ottaviani's "Fallout - J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard and the Political Science of the Atom Bomb"
"A Story of the Manhattan Project and the price J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilar, and we all paid for the atomic bomb."
And a book that accompanies the other two nicely:
Jim Ottaviani's "Two-Fisted Science"
"It must have been around 1950. I was accompanying Einstein on a walk from The Institute for Advanced Study to his home, when he suddenly stopped, turned to me, and asked me if I really believed that the moon exists only if I look at it...
...s I walked back I wondered once again about the question. Why does this man, who contributed so incomparably much to the creation of modern physics, remain so attached to the nineteenth century view?"
- Abraham Pais
How about paleontology in the wild west? Check out this fun yarn from Ottaviani featuring guest appearances by The Cardiff Giant, P.T. Barnum, Buffalo Bill Cody, Ulysses S. Grant, Alexander Graham Bell among others:
"Bone Sharps, Cowboys & Thunder Lizards: Edward Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and the Gilded Age of Paleontology"
"Bone Sharps... ...is the story of Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh, two scientists who found and fought for those bones, and the artist Charles R. Knight, who almost single-handedly brought dinosaurs back to life for an awestruck public."
Or the contributions of female scientists throughout history:
"Dignifying Science - Stories About Women Scientists"
"The difficulties faced by women in science come brilliantly to life in this hugely enjoyable book"
- Physics World
Jim Ottaviani's "Suspended in Language - Niels Bohr's Life, Discoveries & the Century He Shaped".
Here's an excerpt from the blurb on the back of the book:
"Einstein looked up to him, the Nazis wanted to kidnap him, his institute in Copenhagen hosted practically every Nobel prize winner in physics you can name (and then some), and Winston Churchill considered him by far the most dangerous man on the Manhattan Project."
Or if you'd like to learn a little more about J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard and the politics of the atom bomb, check out:
Jim Ottaviani's "Fallout - J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard and the Political Science of the Atom Bomb"
"A Story of the Manhattan Project and the price J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilar, and we all paid for the atomic bomb."
And a book that accompanies the other two nicely:
Jim Ottaviani's "Two-Fisted Science"
"It must have been around 1950. I was accompanying Einstein on a walk from The Institute for Advanced Study to his home, when he suddenly stopped, turned to me, and asked me if I really believed that the moon exists only if I look at it...
...s I walked back I wondered once again about the question. Why does this man, who contributed so incomparably much to the creation of modern physics, remain so attached to the nineteenth century view?"
- Abraham Pais
How about paleontology in the wild west? Check out this fun yarn from Ottaviani featuring guest appearances by The Cardiff Giant, P.T. Barnum, Buffalo Bill Cody, Ulysses S. Grant, Alexander Graham Bell among others:
"Bone Sharps, Cowboys & Thunder Lizards: Edward Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and the Gilded Age of Paleontology"
"Bone Sharps... ...is the story of Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh, two scientists who found and fought for those bones, and the artist Charles R. Knight, who almost single-handedly brought dinosaurs back to life for an awestruck public."
Or the contributions of female scientists throughout history:
"Dignifying Science - Stories About Women Scientists"
"The difficulties faced by women in science come brilliantly to life in this hugely enjoyable book"
- Physics World
