Jim Ottaviani
1) Hawking
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"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."--Provided by publisher
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but soon NASA's first female astronauts were racing past milestones of their own. The trail-blazing women of Group 9, NASA's first mixed gender class, had the challenging task of convincing the powers that be that a woman's place is in space, but they discovered that NASA had plenty...
3) Feynman
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Richard Feynman: physicist ... Nobel winner ... bestselling author ... safe-cracker. In this graphic novel biography, First Second presents the exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman. Feynman tells the story of the great man's life from his childhood in Long Island to his work on the Manhattan Project and the Challenger disaster....
Author
Language
English
Description
Award winning authors Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis present a historically accurate graphic novel biography of English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.
English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing (1912–1954) is credited with many of the foundational principles of contemporary computer science. The Imitation Game presents a historically accurate graphic novel biography of Turing's life, including his groundbreaking...