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satyridae's review against another edition
3.0
Huge Feynman fans like me won't find much new here- but there's so much worth revisiting that it's well worth picking up. I loved the stories, I loved the recreations, and I frankly loathed the illustrations. This loathing took away no little enjoyment for me, but since it's a book about RPF, well, I still loved it. 3.5
kevinhanes's review against another edition
4.0
by turns witty, intelligent, and even sad, this is a great introduction and overview to the man that was Richard Feynman.
the author doesn't pull any punches, showing off the brilliant parts of Feynman as well as the less polished. if anything his accomplishments are slightly glossed over, perhaps how "Ritty" would have wanted it.
the author doesn't pull any punches, showing off the brilliant parts of Feynman as well as the less polished. if anything his accomplishments are slightly glossed over, perhaps how "Ritty" would have wanted it.
jamespatrickjoyce's review against another edition
4.0
This was an incredibly fun biography of arguably the biggest personality in physics. Feynman the joker; Feynman the sage; Feynman the lover... Feynman the man.
Failings, successes, ideas, the man's life is well-covered in an engaging, interesting way. The writing is accessible, although I must note that you will get some science. You won't have to parse any equations (though you'll see some), but you will be exposed to some philosophical and scientific concepts that aren't... light-weight. But with visuals!
Anyway, this was one of the most engaging biographies that I've ever read and I am supremely happy that it turned up (I hadn't even been looking for anything like it). A graphic novel biography of a physicist! Huh.
If you find this, open to the first scene, titled "Some Fool Physicist" (just before the scene with the Tyrannosaurus Rex crashing through the little boy's bedroom wall) and give it a read. Just a few pages of comic book. For me, those first few pages hooked me into Feynman's life's adventure.
Failings, successes, ideas, the man's life is well-covered in an engaging, interesting way. The writing is accessible, although I must note that you will get some science. You won't have to parse any equations (though you'll see some), but you will be exposed to some philosophical and scientific concepts that aren't... light-weight. But with visuals!
Anyway, this was one of the most engaging biographies that I've ever read and I am supremely happy that it turned up (I hadn't even been looking for anything like it). A graphic novel biography of a physicist! Huh.
If you find this, open to the first scene, titled "Some Fool Physicist" (just before the scene with the Tyrannosaurus Rex crashing through the little boy's bedroom wall) and give it a read. Just a few pages of comic book. For me, those first few pages hooked me into Feynman's life's adventure.
raehink's review against another edition
4.0
An engaging graphic biography of the Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman. I was already familiar with his work and life, which helped me get more out of the text. Without a knowledge of Feynman, the book might seem a bit confusing and disjointed.
katebrarian's review against another edition
3.0
A great biography from Feynman's point of view, totally readable, mostly not alienating to those who are science-illiterate, and I loved the art.
akbarratt's review against another edition
Couldn't get into this one. It was very difficult to follow the narrative thread. Maybe I should have gone into it with more knowledge of the subject, but I read graphic biography because it's typically a good introduction to new subjects. This seemed to be aimed more towards those who already have a fascination with physics and Feynman.
arbieroo's review against another edition
3.0
A comic-book biography of Nobel Prize winning theoretical physicist Richard Feynman?! It's an idea quirky enough to have pleased the man himself, I think. It's a great way of finding out about a great scientist without risk of ever getting bored and would make a fine first book about the man for someone unfamiliar with his life and work.
For Feynman fanatics, and I suppose I must be one, it offers less; most of the material here is taken from the widely available published books by and about the man. If you've read them, very little here will be unfamiliar. Those parts that were new to me were dug up from the CalTech archives. One wonders how much more there can be that hasn't made it to a format that is readily publicly accessible?
For Feynman fanatics, and I suppose I must be one, it offers less; most of the material here is taken from the widely available published books by and about the man. If you've read them, very little here will be unfamiliar. Those parts that were new to me were dug up from the CalTech archives. One wonders how much more there can be that hasn't made it to a format that is readily publicly accessible?
cannonsr's review against another edition
3.0
So it's not really a memoir, but the graphic biography has the Feynman stories I already know from being around Feynman fans.
paulweymouth's review against another edition
4.0
Stay curious and don't stop until you figure it out is what I learned from this graphic novel of the life of Richard Feynman.
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