A graphic novel/biography. The excellent scientific life and some less stellar incidents in Richard Feynman's life. ( )

Interesting graphic book about Richard Feynman, great physicist. ( )

You should still read Surely You're Joking. This book does not replace it. In fact, it is based mostly on the same material, so if you've already read other Feynman books, you won't learn a lot of new things. But the art is good, and reading about Feynman this way is a fun way to spend the Sunday. This book makes a great gift for the nerd in your life who enjoys both science and graphic novels. ( )

A good illustrated version of Feynman's other stories, but it misses a lot of the important bits. I'd say this is best after you've already read at least one of his other books of stories. ( )

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. ( )