I just cannot resist history graphic novels. This one zips through the lives of 19 remarkable scientists. The format is fun, with the author playing talk show host interviewing a string of reanimated corpses. Why corpses? Because everyone loves zombies, I guess.

Humorous and informative.

FOR REFERENCE:

Contents:
• Aristotle, Philosopher 384-322 BCE
• Archimedes, Mathematician 287-212 BCE
• Al-Haytham, Natural Philosopher 965-1040
• Galileo Galilei, Astronomer 1564-1642
• Maria Sibylla Merian, Entomologist 1647-1717
• Isaac Newton, Natural Philosopher 1642-1727
• Edward Jenner, Physician 1749-1823
• Mary Anning, Paleontologist 1799-1847
• Lovelace & Babbage, Mathematicians 1815-1852 & 1791-1871
• Von Humboldt, Explorer, Naturalist, Geographer, Etc. . . . 1769-1859
• James Barry, Doctor 1790s-1865
• Charles Darwin, Naturalist 1809-1882
• Dmitri Mendeleev, 1834-1907
• Marie Curie, Chemist & Physicist 1867-1934
• George Washington Carver, Botanist & Inventor 1860s-1943
• Nikola Tesla, Inventor 1856-1943
• Alan Turing, Computer Scientist 1912-1954
• Albert Einstein, Physicist 1879-1955 ( )

Fun introduction to, or recap of 19 different scientists, written in the form of interviews and in full colour. Aristotle (how to study science through observation), Archimedes (curved mirrors to concentrate sun rays), Al-Haytham (camera-obscura), Galileo (motion of planets), Merian (life-cycle of Butterflies), Newton (laws of motion), Jenner (vaccination), Anning (dinosaurs), Lovelace (computer programs), Babbage (computing machine), Von Humboldt (ecosystem), Barry (hygiene), Darwin (evolution), Mendeleev (periodic table), Curie (radiation), Carver (crop circulation), Tesla (current wars), Turing (code machine), and Einstein (relativity). ( )