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Jim Ottaviani

Jim Ottaviani is an American writer who is the author of several comic books about the history of science. His best-known work, Two-Fisted Science: Stories About Scientists, features biographical stories about Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr, and several stories about physicist Richard Feynman. He is also a librarian and has worked as a nuclear engineer.

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Books8

Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards

Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards

with Zander Cannon and Shad Petosky

Astronauts

Astronauts

2020
Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation

Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation

2020

with Edward O. Wilson and C.M. Butzer

Descifrando Enigma. Alan Turing: un genio de su tiempo

Descifrando Enigma. Alan Turing: un genio de su tiempo

2014

with Leland Purvis

Primates

Primates

2013

with Maris Wicks

Un pensiero abbagliante: Niels Bohr e la fisica dei quanti

Un pensiero abbagliante: Niels Bohr e la fisica dei quanti

2004

with Leland Purvis

Quantum Entanglement, Spooky Action at a Distance, Teleportation, and You

Quantum Entanglement, Spooky Action at a Distance, Teleportation, and You

2003
Two Fisted Science

Two Fisted Science

1997

with Donna Barr and David Lasky

Graphic novels7

Einstein

Einstein

2022
Hawking

Hawking

2019
The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

2016
District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, DC

District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, DC

2012
Feynman

Feynman

2011
Wire Mothers: Harry Harlow and the Science of Love

Wire Mothers: Harry Harlow and the Science of Love

2007
Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists

Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists

1999

with Donna Barr