This is a graphic novel, and I'm just going to blog about it. I know I'm really justifying it to myself at this point rather than anyone else, but like... I just want to do it.
Anyways, here's an amazon summary, "Following their New York Times-bestselling graphic novel Feynman, Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick deliver a gripping biography of Stephen Hawking, one of the most important scientists of our time.
From his early days at the St Albans School and Oxford, Stephen Hawking’s brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he met. A lively and popular young man, it’s no surprise that he would later rise to celebrity status.
At twenty-one he was diagnosed with ALS, a degenerative neuromuscular disease. Though the disease weakened his muscles and limited his ability to move and speak, it did nothing to limit his mind. He went on to do groundbreaking work in cosmology and theoretical physics for decades after being told he had only a few years to live. He brought his intimate understanding of the universe to the public in his 1988 bestseller, A Brief History of Time. Soon after, he added pop-culture icon to his accomplishments by playing himself on shows like Star Trek, The Simpsons, and The Big Bang Theory, and becoming an outspoken advocate for disability rights.
In Hawking, writer Jim Ottaviani and artist Leland Myrick have crafted an intricate portrait of the great thinker, the public figure, and the man behind both identities." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
Basically, this felt like a more easy to digest biography with really hard scientific concepts. Meaning, science was never my strong suit and sometimes I just really had to push through the involved scientific explanations of theories, who invented them, what era, and kind of what impact they had on science. I was mostly there for more insight on how Stephen Hawking grew up, what were the different things he accomplished in life, and also kind of what he filled his life with.
I don't know too much about Stephen Hawking before this, and I feel like I have better understanding afterwards. The art was gorgeous. Gorgeous!
Anyways, I think this was a nice way to kind of pay homage to Stephen Hawking while making sure that his legacy is accessible to everyone in a graphic novel format.
Happy reading!
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