I hope you’ll join Leland Myrick and me at the American Institute of Physics this Friday to celebrate Feynman’s birthday. I don’t know if we’ll have cake, but we will have books!
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Feynman: The eBook
That’s not the real subtitle, but you can now get Feynman via iTunes.
It really is the future.
Jim Ottaviani at TCAF, May 5-6 in Toronto
The Toronto Comics Art Festival is one of my favo(u)rite shows of the year, and I can’t wait for this one because Leland Myrick and I will be right next to each other talking, signing, sketching (him, not me!) and planning our talk** all about Feynman.
So, come visit the Toronto Reference Library and meet me at table 125, then move on to talk with Kate Beaton, Guy Delisle, Gabriella Giandelli, Jeff Smith, Gabriel Bá, Alison Bechdel, Tom Gauld, Kazu Kibuishi, and Bryan Lee O’Malley. And that’s just a few of the guests.
If history is any guide, it will be great.
(**The talk is not at TCAF, but at the American Institute of Physics on the occasion of Feynman’s birthday. That’s next week in the DC area — though Feynman’s birthday is everywhere — and I’m not sure if it’s open to the public. If/when I find out more, I’ll give a shout.)
Discover Discovery
Last week I had the honor of doing a talk about space with Tony England. (My role is best described as opening act, I think.) This week, many of the shuttles take their final flights, though not into space. Sad, yes, but as Tony pointed out, a pause before we start the next big thing is typical.
For now, you can see enjoy views of Discovery’s interior via National Geographic. And yes, I had a look at the toilet.
Finally, here’s one last cool picture of Discovery in the air: Space Shuttle Discovery Makes a Victory Lap (via civilwar150photos.org).
Jim Ottaviani at Penn State/Wildcat Comic Con, April 12-13
Hey, it’s time to go to conventions! I’m only at Wildcat (in Williamsport, PA) for one day, but the guest list is great so you’ll want to stay for both days of the show.
On the 12th, I’ll be at at Penn State talking to classes and librarians, but also giving a public talk at 4:30 about, what else, Feynman. Find out more about that at the link above.
That’s all I have to say about that! See you in Pennsylvania…
Keep Calm, Project Y
Two videos, one related to last year’s book (Feynman, with Leland Myrick) and one related to the upcoming Imitation Game (with Leland Purvis).
