Le Mystère du monde quantique

by Thibault Damour, Mathieu Burniat

Avec Bob et son chien, Rick, embarquez pour une joyeuse épopée dans les mystères du monde quantique ! La physique quantique est partout autour de nous, tant dans l'infiniment grand que dans l'infiniment petit. Mais ce qu'elle dit du monde qui nous entoure diffère de manière vertigineuse de ce qu'on observe et ressent au quotidien. Partez à la rencontre de ceux qui ont théorisé et créé la physique quantique : Planck, Einstein, le prince de Broglie, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Bohr, Born, Everett…

Genres: Science, Graphic Novels, Bande Dessinée, Comics, Nonfiction, Physics, Comic Book

80 pages, Hardcover

First published March 11, 2016

Reviews

[✨arrianne✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty, and I was superficially familiar with some of the concepts discussed, but this isn’t a book that explains quantum physics to someone who doesn’t already have a good understanding of it. Not even at an introductory level. The artwork is gorgeous but the writing is clearly by someone who understands physics and has no idea how to simplify it for someone who doesn’t.

Features not one single lady. Even the dog is a boy.

[Juan Fuentes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excelente divulgación de lo sorprendente de la mecánica cuántica y no tanto de las ideas sino de los protagonistas y los formalismos matemáticos que utilizaron. Supongo que se entiende mejor si ya sabes algo del tema.

[Brian Clegg · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I first saw Mysteries of the Quantum Universe, I was distinctly wary. I'm not a great fan of comics and graphic novels, and based on the few examples I've come across of trying to put across science using this format, I suspected what we'd get is a very shallow 'Gee, wow, whizzy!' approach that was a kind of Horrible Science for adults. In practice, although some of the language does raise an eyebrow for its clunkiness, possibly due to being translated (did I really see the main character Bob say 'Egad!' at one point?), if anything the problems are more about either having nothing at all happen, or concentrating some quite deep physics material in just a few frames.

We begin with the sad death on the Moon (where else?) of Bob's faithful (and talking) dog, Rick - which immediately sets up in the mind of anyone with some familiarity with quantum physics the idea that we are going to get heavy mentions of both Schrödinger's cat and the many worlds interpretation (and sure enough, there are no surprises there). After rather a long time with nothing much happening, Bob goes on a spaced-out trip through quantum history, bringing in most of the landmarks we expect and, of course, meeting Planck, Einstein, Bohr, de Broglie, Heisenberg, Schrödinger and Born. (Plus, yes, Hugh Everett - but strangely not Dirac, Feynman or the other QED people for some reason.)

I was genuinely surprised how much detail physicist Thibault Damour managed to squeeze into a few frames per page when the storyline got on to the details of quantum physics. Sometimes the visual contribution of Mathieu Burniat's illustrations (in a rather TinTin-like style, mostly monochrome with occasional splashes of colour) really helped underline, for example what was intended by various atomic models. in other cases, though, the illustrations become a little overwhelming and the technical detail - for example when dealing with matrix mechanics - was probably more than the reader wanted or needed and seemed likely to confuse rather than elucidate.

For me, the two biggest things holding the book back were the comic story format and the historical perspective. Giving us Bob's story meant that we had page after page where we got no scientific content at all - but equally no relatable narrative. Bob is a two-dimensional character and there's no attempt to draw us into the storyline. And presenting the physics in a very chronological fashion, which often works in a pure text popular science book, here seemed to require too much unnecessary detail - it might have better just to present things as they are understood now.

I'd also say that the last few pages, venturing into a very hypothetical Everettian alternative universe, seemed both baffling and a waste of space, especially because one page was totally blank for no obvious reason I could deduce - the publisher assures me it's intentional, but it looks more like it's a printing error.

Finally we get a quick 'the extra science bit' of about 16 pages of text. This is in the form of an alphabetic glossary, which seemed a bit of a waste of space - a more coherent chunk of text would have been more useful, and the alphabetic approach meant that it leads with Alain Aspect's entanglement experiments, which are totally out of context for the book, so rather baffling as a way in.

Was producing it a waste of time? Absolutely not. It was a truly brave experiment, even if it didn't quite come off. It would have benefited from a significantly stronger narrative - perhaps it would have been better with a science fiction writer involved - and someone to tell Damour which bits needed more explanation or were unnecessary. But even so, I'm glad it was produced, and I hope it does well. (Incidentally I had a problem with the ink - the smell made me feel physically sick.) We need more risk-taking and creativity in popular science, and this book scores five out five on both. The fact I don't think it entirely succeeded shouldn't get in the way of that.

[Sooraya Evans · Rating 2 out of 5]

A rather ambitious project. I commend any attempt to teach challenging topics to the layman. But I don’t think it worked at all here. The only take home message I’ve managed to gather was that it’s all about probabilities. In fact, there wasn’t any need to make it into cartoon form. All in all, a frustrating book about a frustrating topic.

[Zuzana Dankic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bolo to fakt zaujimave vidiet "nakreslenu" kvantovu fyziku :) A celkom to fungovalo, tak som bola prijemne prekvapena. A na konci bol slovnicek pojmov (nie dojmov, tie som mala ja!). V kazdom pripade je to narocna tema, ktoru sa snazili prednostne zobrazit, takze tomu pribehu by sa dalo dat aj -3. Kedze vieme, ze to bola len obalka pre narocny obsah, tak privrieme oko :)

[Thella Passiflore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ma prof de physique m’a tiré pour le secret santa et m’a offert cette bd, ce qui déjà m’emplît de joie duejzjdfjfjf
Je l’avais déjà lu en quatrième et je suis intimement convaincue que je n’avais rien compris à ma première lecture, parce que c’est pas si accessible que ça (je trouve en tout cas les concepts bien compliqués). C’était trop bien de le relire avec un peu plus de background physique !!!!

[Sublimacia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nádherná komixová púť svetom kvantovej fyziky. Človek získa veľa zaujímavých informácii o povahe sveta, ktoré ... mu vôbec nijak nepomôžu. Stále to nedáva zmysel a ja stále nič nechápem. Áno! Áno! Ja viem, že som viac muzikant než myslitel, ale dúfal som, že aspoň trošku ... trošilinku ... trošilinčičôčku viac porozumiem povahe sveta, ktorý nás všetkých tvorí.


Z môjho pohľadu teda: LOL. Aha. Pes.
Páčilo sa mi to, ale ostávam zo seba sklamaný. :-)

[reherrma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dies ist einer der wenigen Comics, die ich kenne, der sich mit der Quantenmechanik beschäftigt. Das "Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres 2017" (ausgewählt von "Bild der Wissenschaft"), ähnelt in seiner Form der Tradition von "Tim und Struppi", da hier auch ein Bob und sein Hund Rick sich auf eine Abenteuerreise begeben um das Rätsel der Quantentheorie zu lösen. Beginnend mit Max Plank, der die Quantentheorie um 1900 ins Leben gerufen und weiterentwickelt hat, trifft der kleine, knollennasige Bob, die ganzen Größen der Quantentheorie, die ihren Beitrag dazu erläutern, dies wird durch die schlichten, aber pointierten Zeichnungen von Mathieu Burniat wunderbar visualisiert, das Blättern und Anschauen macht damit großen Spaß. Sein bildlicher Einfallsreichtum unterstützt immer wieder hilfreich das Verständnis auch abstrakter Quantenkonzepte.
Bob wird im Laufe der Handlung in dieser Graphic Novel im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes in die Quantenwelt hineingesogen und trifft nach und nach, verbunden durch originelle zeichnerische Übergänge, auf Planck, Einstein, de Broglie, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Born und Hugh Everett, der den „Relative-State“-Formalismus entwickelt hat, besser bekannt als Viele-Welten-Theorie...
Natürlich ist man nach der Lektüre kein Experte für Quantenphysik? Dennoch fand ich es eine tolle Leistung, wie dieser Comic auf spielerische Art grundsätzliche Aspekte der Quantenwelt vermittelt.
Für jeden, dem die mathematischen Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik zu weit führen, ist dies sicherlich ein Weg, bei dem man einen frischen und anregenden Blick auf die essenziellen Grundkonzepte in der Geschichte der Quantenmechanik erhält.
Ein Anhang serviert weiterführende Erläuterungen, Formeln und stellt Bezüge zu modernen theoretischen Ansätzen und Experimenten her. Kurzum: eine vergnügliche Quantenlektüre...

[RatGrrrl · Rating 5 out of 5]

CW: Animal Death (Pet Dog) [This is initially presented as very sad, but through exploration of the quantum universe it becomes more complex and hopeful]

It's always good to periodically remind anyone reading one of my reviews and myself that I am a nobody who knows nothing and my reviews are my own and subject to a certain uncertainty being a distilled moment of reaction.

This is one of the greatest works of art I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing! The script is emotional, funny, and actually creates an accessible dialogue for these complex concepts. The art is gorgeous black and white with colour used to sparing, informative, and inspiringly beautiful ways! The words and images combine to truly make these genius and baffling, contradictory and complimentary notions come alive and make sense.

The framing device of a children's book style celebrity man and his dog's many famous adventures coming to a tragic end on the moon and a taxidermy pet suggesting their human explore the quantum universe, and how this exquisitely comes full circle and bookends this Alice in Physics Wonderland is as surprising and strange as it is brilliant and perfection!

The journey itself explores the developing, contradicting, and complimentary work of the greats of (white Western) physics with a glorious blending of the everyday, the extraordinary, expressions, and diagrams that flow with a breathtaking and almost tangible surreality. It's like having a wonderful, confusing, enriching dream that washes over you, leaving wonder and understanding (or at the very least planting the seeds of grok) in it's wake.

If you have even the remotest interest in comics, art, physics, and/ or the nature of our reality, I implore you to check this out! I will never stop banging on about how amazing libraries are and I will be eternally thankful for randomly coming across this at the library.

[Niklaus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quando lo comprai usato (libro che cercavo da un po' ma essendo braccino corto ...) il venditore mi disse che era eccezionalmente ben fatto. Oggi lo posso confermare anche se una postilla è d'obbligo: non per tutti.
Fare una graphic novel che pare un libro di divulgazione alta e dai contenuti tosti come la fisica quantistica non è roba da tutti perché il rischio è di non riuscire né nella parte trama/disegno né nella parte scientifica.
Gli autori sono riusciti ad evitare questa trappola con un buon disegno in finto B/N (nel senso che quando il colore serve, esplode dentro la pagina e sottolinea il punto chiave) e una trama basata sull'incontro del personaggio (affranto dalla morte del suo cane) con tutti i grandi fisici moderni (in una sorta di viaggio in universo parallelo) che istruiscono il viaggiatore sui concetti chiave della FQ sviluppati nell'ultimo secolo, con rappresentazioni visivamente buone e toste (tipo la fisica matriciale). In appendice insieme alle voci dei personaggi/argomenti c'è una succinta (e molto matematica) descrizione di concetti e degli scienziati coinvolti utile anche per capire il senso di alcune sottigliezze nelle vignette delle pagine precedenti.

Dicevo non per tutti perché, sebbene non il target non siano i cultori della materia (loro si divertiranno di più), il rischio per alcuni è di farsi venire un gran mal di testa o di perdere tanta parte della "storia"

[Odyssée · Rating 2 out of 5]

Je ne l'ai pas fini, malgré avoir été bonne en maths et en sciences toute ma scolarité, ce n'était pas accessible pour moi. Je ne sais pas dans quelle mesure c'est "la faute de" l'auteur ou si finalement c'est la physique quantique qui est bien trop difficile pour une personne lambda mais c'est clairement très difficile à comprendre et je ne suis pas la seule à avoir abandonné la lecture. C'est dommage.

[Fabien · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rien compris mais c'est bien fait, didactique et très bien dessiné. J'aime bien les BDs de vulgarisation (éco ou science) même si ça requiert un cerveau un peu plus affuté. Les "conclusions" du livre donnent un peu le vertige.
À ne pas lire un samedi matin l'esprit un peu embrumé.
À lire si vous vous rappelez de vos cours de physique de l'Université (moi pas).

[Soteralzobooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.0

[Salomé · Rating 3 out of 5]

Je n'ai pas tout tout compris haha 😅

[Ana Pérez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aunque el protagonista no me ha gustado mucho, la novela me ha parecido potentísima y muy original. Las explicaciones de los conceptos físicos y las teorías tienen un orden temporal lógico, son muy claras y están ilustradas de forma que es fácil entenderlas. El estilo gráfico está muy cuidado, con muchísimos detalles, y me han gustado en especial el uso del color y el entorno surrealista que va recorriendo Bob. Lo recomendaría sin duda como complemento para todos los estudiantes de física de secundaria y bachillerato

[Eva Therese · Rating 2 out of 5]

Felt like somebody decided to make a physics textbook in the form of a comic, probably in the misguided belief that it would automatically make the subject matter easy to understand. It doesn't really succeed. There were a few really lines that really made things click, but generally it doesn't do a great job of making the subject accessible. There's just to many equations being thrown at you and yet it insists on overexplaing something like Schrödinger's cat. And the characters all feel flat, having no personality besides explaining things and having things explained.

[Youyii · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5
En tant qu'étudiante en chimie, cette BD décrivant les différentes découvertes et théories du monde de la physique quantique m'a vraiment éclairée sur les formules scientifiques - que j'utilisais mi- aveuglément jusqu'ici. Les explications claires et simplifiées données par les penseurs eux-mêmes (Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger...) sont exceptionnelles. Tout étudiant ou même curieux débutant dans la matière devrait y jeter un coup d'œil.

[Marta Cava · Rating 3 out of 5]

És un bon còmic, però m'ha costat lectura perquè els meus coneixements científics són escassos. M'ha fet gràcia la desfilada de grans científics que hi ha apareixen. Pot ser una gran lectura pels amants de la ciència. Només li dono 3 estrelles, perquè estic convençuda de que si sàpigues més del tema, l'hagués gaudit més.

[Carlos Bartol · Rating 3 out of 5]

He disfrutado de su lectura pero me deja una sensación extraña. Bajo una primera capa de aparente infantilidad se encuentra un acercamiento no poco complejo de las teorías cuánticas. La lectura se hace fácil pero no se aprovecha sin unos conocimientos previos bien asentados.

[Veronika Sebechlebská · Rating 3 out of 5]

Udeľujem tri (ne)mŕtve mačiatka z piatich, pretože kniha, v ktorej je vyobrazená Schroedingerova rovnica tak, že to pochopím aj ja, si menej proste nezaslúži.

Zhrnutie: ako príbeh to na mňa nefungovalo vôbec, ale po takej tej didaktickej stránke je to dobré.

[G-E · Rating 4 out of 5]

C’est un sujet tellement difficile à synthétiser et à expliquer. Je n’ai pas tout compris, mais c’est bien fait et très joliment dessiné. L’aventure rend la théorie moins lourde même si elle est très complexe.

[Rafaela Oliveira · Rating 4 out of 5]

C'est super bien fait ! Ils ont réussi a vulgariser des concepts assez compliqués de la physique. En tant que chimiste, j'aime voir la chimie être expliqué comme ça.

[Anja von "books and phobia" · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wenn man mich mit etwas jagen könnte, dann mit den gesamten Physik-Büchern meiner Schulzeit. Ich habe den größten Teil der Dinge, die mir damals beigebracht wurden nie verstanden. Warum ich mich dann trotzdem für ein Buch, wie dieses entschiedenen habe? Weil ich das Thema Quantenwelt an sich eigentlich interessant finde und daher auch gerne zu Büchern oder Serien mit dieser Thematik greife.



Diese Graphic Novel kam daher gerade richtig und sah dazu auch noch einladend aus. Schon von außen hatte ich nicht das Gefühl in ein Buch der Wissenschaft abzutauchen, sondern in etwas Unterhaltsames, das mir die Augen öffnen würde.



Ganz so war es am Ende zwar leider nicht, ein Abenteuer war es aber trotzdem. Das Problem war einfach, das ich gerade, wenn Formeln genannt wurden, eigentlich gleich dicht machte. Diese waren mir schon immer ein Graus, weswegen ich hier wohl weniger aus dem Buch mitnehmen konnte, als mir blieb war. Ein anderer Punkt aber war, dass das Geheimnis um die Quantenwelt an sich, noch immer ein Geheimnis ist. Wie der ein oder andere weiß ist ein Großteil der physikalischen Ebene nur Theorie, denn bewiesen werden, konnte bisher nur sehr wenig.
Im Buch ging es somit mehr um die Theorien der Physiker, was aber manchmal mit interessanten Beispielen und Experimenten gezeigt wurde. Vielleicht sagt euch ja Schrödingers Katze etwas.



Trotz des Umstandes, das ich sehr wenig von dem Verstand, was man mir probierte näher zu bringen, hang ich an den Seiten und konnte nicht aufhören mit Bob und Rick durch dieses wundervolle Buch zu wandern. Man spürte einfach, das versucht wurde, schwer verständliches, leicht erklärbar darzustellen. Besonders toll fand ich aber die grafische Darstellung, da diese nur in schwarz/weiß gehalten war und nur physikalisch wichtige Dinge farblich hervorhob. So übersah ich nichts und konnte mich auf die folgenden Erklärungen konzentrieren.

So sollte ein Physikbuch aussehen, denn gerade wegen der bildlichen Darstellung lernte ich wohl mehr als in 6 Jahren Physikunterricht.

[Romain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Expliquer la physique quantique en bande dessinée, pourquoi pas ! Le défi est intéressant, mais difficile à relever tant le sujet est ardu, abstrait, intangible. Mais c’est justement dans ce domaine que la bande dessinée a une carte à jouer. On peut tout imaginer, tout représenter, ça ne coute pas plus cher et ce n’est pas forcément plus difficile à faire. Tout est à portée de crayon.

Ici le partis-pris est d’expliquer cette branche de la physique au travers d’une histoire vécue par un personnage ingénu, une sorte de tintin ratatiné et assez énervant – ce n’est clairement pas le point fort du livre. Dans son périple, accompagné de son fidèle Milou, il va croiser les plus grands théoriciens du domaine: Einstein, Bohr et le fameux Schrödinger resté dans les mémoires grâce à son chat. L’expérience sera ici reprise avec, devinez qui, le chien ! Je ne vais pas dire que j’ai tout compris – ce serait bizarre –, mais les explications sont plutôt claires. Pour les plus motivés ou curieux une notice à la fin de l’ouvrage fournira des explications disons plus académiques.

Il faut souligner, surtout pour un ouvrage scientifique, le soin apporté aux dessins – vous me direz ce n’est pas antinomique. De la belle ligne claire moderne et très réussie rehaussée par une mise en couleur très sobre, mais élégante. Un ovni comme que je les aime qui permet de découvrir un sujet en se divertissant. Les amateurs de physique et de BD pourront également se tourner vers le très bon Feynman.

Également publié sur mon blog.

[Sharm · Rating 5 out of 5]

This graphic novel kicks off with Bob (main character) mourning over the loss of his good friend & pet dog, Rick. Rick comes to life in a form of a hallucination & convinces Bob to go on an adventure to get back on his feet. We then watch, alongside Bob as he gets sucked into a wormhole & kickstarts his mission to uncover the mysteries of the quantum universe. He, like myself, am not entirely educated about quantum physics but he meets various theoretical physicists & gains valuable lessons. *There are reading notes (glossary), at the end of the book, to explain in clearer details.

We are later on introduced to alternate universes (all present in the same reality) which I’ve been very interested in. Sometimes I wonder what the other ‘me’ is up to; where they are living better/worse lives than I have & whether they meet & love the same people that I do.

About the visuals: I usually like colourful things but because this book was mainly in black & white, I was able to follow the story/content without getting distracted. As some contents got heavier to absorb, there were little coloured elements sprinkled through that was able to keep me engaged. Towards the end, we see more coloured elements appearing & the final story ends with an alternate ending to Rick’s mishap.

I definitely wish that I read this graphic novel years back when I was still in school struggling to understand plain science (& physics). I’m thankful that graphic novels like this exist which made my life a lot easier, trying to understand these theories.

[Alessandro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mysteries of the Quantum Universe by Thibault Damour is a rare achievement: a book that takes one of the most difficult intellectual adventures ever conceived and turns it into a playful, enlightening, and genuinely enchanting journey.
Following the indefatigable explorer Bob and his loyal dog Rick, we travel not just around the world and to the Moon, but deep into the strange landscapes of quantum physics. Guided by the giddy letter h—the Planck constant itself—we share crêpes with Max Planck, discuss atoms with Einstein, visit Louis de Broglie in his castle, wander Heligoland with Heisenberg, and exchange ideas with Max Born. Along the way, we learn that a dog (much like a cat) can be both dead and alive, that the gaze of a mouse can change the universe, and that reality at its most fundamental level is far stranger—and more beautiful—than common sense allows.
This book never pretends that quantum mechanics is “easy.” Damour respects both the reader and the science. Concepts remain challenging, as they should, but the comic-book format, the narrative wit, and the sheer joy of discovery make the effort rewarding. What emerges is not just understanding, but wonder. Mysteries of the Quantum Universe proves that a comic can be intellectually serious, emotionally engaging, and deeply inspiring—a love letter to physics that invites readers to be curious, patient, and delighted by the mysteries of nature.
Highly recommended for anyone who wants to feel, rather than merely learn, why quantum physics is one of humanity’s greatest adventures.

[nAeEMak نعیمک]

این کتاب از سری کتاب‌هایی است که سعی می‌کند علم را به زبان ساده توضیح بدهد. یک زمانی این جور کتاب‌ها در ایران بیشتر چاپ می‌شدند اما روز به روز به خاظر گرانی کتاب و اینکه گروه‌های خاصی فقط به کتاب دسترسی دارند تنوع دارد کمتر و کمتر می‌شود و فاطمی هم احتمالاً به دلیل پیشینه‌اش سراغ چاپ چنین کتابی رفته. اما مهم‌تر اینکه کتاب کمیک هم هست و واقعاً تصویر نقش خیلی زیادی در توضیح بهتر مفاهیم دارد. واقعاً نویسنده و طراح در کنار هم خیلی خوب توانستند چیزی که می‌خواستند را نهایتاً تبدیل به یک کتاب کنند.
کتاب دربارۀ کوانتوم است. شاید الان که کتاب را خواندم فکر کنید توضیح خیلی یک خطی می‌توانم از کوانتوم بدهم اما این طور نیست. در خود کتاب هم به این پیچیدگی اشاره می‌کند. این کتاب‌ها فقط قرار نیست مفهومی را به ما شبیه ویکی‌پدیا توضیح دهند و تیک بزنیم که یاد گرفتیم. در واقع به نوعی شوق علم را هم برای ما روشن می‌کنند. اینکه علم آن چیزی نیست که در مدارس خواندیم و خیلی باحال‌تر و اتفاقاً به‌درد‌بخور‌تر است. یعنی مثال‌ها و شکلی که دارد توضیح می‌دهد خیلی با مثال‌های عینی است و این علم را برای ما ملموس‌تر می‌کند.
کتاب پیچیده است و شاید در مرحلۀ اول آن را نفهمیم. پیشنهاد می‌کنم که در صفحاتی گیر نکنیم و از اینکه خیلی آهسته آن را بخوانیم خجالت نکشیم. جلو و عقب رفتن در صفحات باعث می‌شود دوباره مفاهیم برای ما تکرار بشود و کمی بهتر شکل بگیرد و نهایتاً کمک گرفتن از اینترنت مثل همیشه خیلی کمک‌کننده است. نهایتاً اگر علم برایتان جالب است پیشنهاد می‌کنم سراغش بروید. خیلی خواندنش کیف می‌دهد مخصوصاً که چنین کتاب‌هایی در بازار ایران کمتر دیده می‌شوند.

[Mauritzvd · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for those of you who are interested in the mysterious (but not mystical) world of quantum physics. Even if you have a limited background in the field of physics or mathematics, this book can clarify at least some parts of the subject.
The drawing style doesn't distract, but it takes a few pages to accept the way the main character is portrayed in comparison to the rest of them - but as soon as you realise that that character in fact represents yóu in search for answers, you shouldn't have a problem with the style anymore.

I felt like the story ended rather abruptly, but then again: I guess a lot of questions do remain unanswered in the field of quantum physics...

[David Poon · Rating 4 out of 5]

From Max Planck to Werner Heisenberg, from Einstein to Niels Bohr, this graphic novel introduces the scientists, concepts and the math (which I don't understand at all) behind the crazy world of Quantum Physics through the journey of the character Bob and his dead dog Rick. Ideas like the Planck (h) constant, Einstein's less famous E=hf equation, the Schrödinger's cat, and eventually Hugh Everett's vision of the quantum multiverse are described interestingly in this illustrated collection of the most complex ideas in sceince today.

[Léa Cia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Formidable ! C'est passionnant de découvrir les mystères de notre univers et de suivre de façon chronologique les grandes avancées concernant les découvertes du monde quantique avec les scientifiques concernés. Heureusement pour moi, j'ai été aidée pour comprendre certains points. Selon moi, pour apprécier cette bande-dessinée ou en règle générale le monde quantique, il faut accepter de ne pas tout comprendre, ce qui est assez frustrant. Ça donne envie d'en savoir plus. Je vous le conseille même s'il faut un peu s'accrocher au début. (En plus c'est Belge, je suis trop fière !)