Jim will be speaking about Primates twice this month here in Ann Arbor:ħPM at Nicola’s Books, Westgate Shopping CenterĪdditional events for the release of Primates can be found on Jim’s blog. Especially in its portrayal of this final element, ‘Primates’ is the kind of book that can produce new scientists.” Jim Ottaviani has written fifteen (and counting) graphic novels about scientists. /rebates/2f97812500629322fPrimates-Fearless-Science-Jane-Goodall-12500629342fplp&. And they do so not by manufacturing fake emotion, but by sticking to the reality of being a scientist - the hard punishments of fieldwork, the strains on marriage, the cocktail-party diplomacy back home and, most important of all, the elation of discovery. The New York Times recently reviewed Primates, and had high praise for the work of both Maris Wicks, the book’s illustrator, and Jim: “Despite the inherent challenges, they succeed in conjuring the feel of extraordinary science. Our own Jim Ottaviani, librarian for Deep Blue, has just published his latest book - Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas.
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