- Overview
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This comic features scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, as well as their groundbreaking discoveries and inventions that illuminate the history of human intellectualism.
- Book Intro
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This series introduces 82 scientists who made major contributions to the history of science. From Aristotle to Kepler, Galileo, Darwin, and Mendeleev, and Einstein, this book tells of scientific evolution over the last 2,500 years. Visualizations of scientific concepts help build intuitive understanding.
“The Scientists” series delivers a comprehensive understanding of the history of science. Individual volumes feature the development in each scientific discipline. Volume 1 features 13 philosophers, astronomers, and physicists who established the scientific method and laid the foundation of science as a field of study in contrast to the religion. Volume 2 illustrates 17 engineers, astronomers, and physicists who pioneered modern physics with their genius insights and endless research. Volume 3 explores 22 chemists, geologists, and biologists who explored the microscopic world and identified universal truths.
The series goes beyond stories of individual scientists and illustrates the exchange and interaction of ideas and influences among scientists. When Tycho Brahe handed over his lifelong observations and research to Johannes Kepler. Brahe believed that Kepler would reinforce the Ptolemaic system, while Kepler aimed to complete Copernicus' heliocentric theory. These scientists relied on their predecessors and left research for their successors. The scientists were colleagues supporting each other, as well as competitive rivals. Their disputes and conflicts led to hypotheses that were often closer to the truth.
- About the Author
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Kim Jaehun
Kim Jaeyoon is a cartoonist, illustrator, and author renowned for his ability to visualize texts into intuitive and engaging cartoons. He graduated from Hongik University and worked as an advertising illustrator and animation art director. During his master’s education program in communications at Yonsei University, he aimed to convey words and symbols into a new medium of cartoons. He re-contextualized information from various disciplines such as society, philosophy, and science to expand the realm of informative cartoons. He is the author of The Scientists, Amazing Discovery, and Rival.