Most of the time, when you think of famous
scientists, what do you think of?
People in lab coats?
Late nights unlocking the mysteries of the
universe?
What about a guy tearing it up on the bongo
drums?
Richard Feynman was a world-class physicist,
winner of the Nobel Prize for his work on
Quantum Electrodynamics, a safe-cracker, a
bongo drum-player, and a brilliant man who
refused to take life too seriously.
He's also the narrator of a cool new graphic
novel—Feynman—which details his meandering,
interesting, and groundbreaking life.
Feynman made stunning contributions not just
to the world of physics, but also to major
projects like the building of the atomic bomb,
and the investigation of the Challenger explosion.
Just how he did so is a tribute to his intelligence,
but also to the unusual way in which he saw
the world.
I think this is one of the things that this
book does particularly well: showing us the
universe through Feynman's eyes, in all its
dimension, possibility, and sometimes mind-numbing
complexity.
This book is a little complex.
Be prepared for physics concepts you might
not understand, and some jumping back and
forth between eras that leaves the story feeling
occasionally disjointed.
But all that is worth it to spend time with
a vital, exuberant man whose life was a veritable
explosion of science and soul.
