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Feynman's life in comic form

By Cian O'Luanaigh

24 August 2011

The Nobel prizewinning physicist and prolific science writer Richard Feynman was well known as a comic character. Now he’s a comic-book character.

is the latest offering from science-themed comic-writer . It follows a meticulously researched thread through the great man’s scientific and personal life.

With lucid line art and a charming colour palette, artist depicts Feynman’s experiences from childhood through his first forays into university physics, research into the atomic bomb, Nobel prize win in 1965 and death in 1988.

The text draws heavily on Feynman’s own writings: fans will recognise his words from lectures,…

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