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Genius? A$$? Or Both?

Hawking by Jim Ottaviani

February 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Stephen Hawking was a complicated man. Selfish, self-centered, intelligent, willing to work with others, wanted self-credit, chose romantic partners that seemed distant, and believed his own press as he made up most of it. You never know what will happen next in the pages of this graphic novel by Jim Ottaviani. Aptly named, Hawking¸ Ottaviani starts the story (told from the point of view of Hawking himself) from about age elven to around the eve of his death. Ottaviani makes it so you think you’ve […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: astrophysics, Cosmology, Jim Ottaviani, physics, Science & Technology, Space Science, stephen hawking

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:73 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: astrophysics, Cosmology, Jim Ottaviani, physics, Science & Technology, Space Science, stephen hawking ·
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Boldly Going Where No Woman had gone before (Well, that was the Soviet Union, but the US had firsts, too)

Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani

January 28, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier is not just a book about the Women of Space (the ones that inspired: calling Nichelle Nichols. And the ones that took the ride: calling Sally Ride. Sorry, must do one bad pun) but how they got there and what happened once they were. We see both the men and women who boldly went where no one went before. We see those who broken color and gender lines. We see the inner workings of training, the ships themselves and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Aeronautics & Astronautics & Space Science, astronauts, Dr. Mary Cleave, female astronauts, Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks’, nasa, sally ride, Science & Technology, space, Space flight, Valentina Tereshkova

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:53 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Aeronautics & Astronautics & Space Science, astronauts, Dr. Mary Cleave, female astronauts, Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks’, nasa, sally ride, Science & Technology, space, Space flight, Valentina Tereshkova ·
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“So Much for King Kong”

Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani

January 23, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had seen the book Primates since it came out in 2013 (hardcover) and 2015 (paper). I had no real interest in it at the time. It was non-fiction (which I have had a love-hate relationship with over the years) and judging by the cover, young and maybe a little preachy due to the subject. And while it is non-fiction, it is what I have started to call a non-fiction novel which allows stories to have the best of the novel-flow and the facts of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Biruté Galdikas, chimpanzees, Dian Fossey, gorillas, Jane Goodall, Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks’, oranutans, primates, Science & Nature, Women primatologists, zoology

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:35 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Biruté Galdikas, chimpanzees, Dian Fossey, gorillas, Jane Goodall, Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks’, oranutans, primates, Science & Nature, Women primatologists, zoology ·
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