Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Scientists

Corpse Talk

by Adam Murphy, Lisa Murphy

The first awesome thematic Corpse Talk book - all about the most amazing scientists from history ever! Adam Murphy interviews the dead famous scientists who changed the world - getting their stories straight from the corpses' mouths! Reading Corpse Ground-Breaking Scientists is like having history injected into your brain! It guarantees laughs, surprises, and a whole host of the most astonishing achievements you'll ever discover. Don't miss out on the biggest thing to hit history since Horrible Histories!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Juvenile, Middle Grade, Comics

128 pages, Paperback

Published September 7, 2017

About the author

Adam Murphy is an award-winning comics artist, writer and illustrator.

He brings history and folklore to life for readers of all ages through humour, extensive research and an ongoing curiosity about what makes people tick.

He is the co-creator (with wife and creative partner Lisa Murphy) of the comics series CorpseTalk, which originally appeared in The Phoenix, a weekly kids' comics magazine in the UK. CorpseTalk has since been collected and published as an ongoing series of books which have twice been nominated for the Blue Peter Book Awards (the first comic book ever to do so).

His other co-created comics series Lost Tales (also with Lisa) has also been nominated for a Blue Peter Book Award, and was the winner of the British Comics Awards Young People's category in 2016.

He holds a graduate degree in Computer Graphics from DePaul University, and a bachelors in Human Sciences from Oxford.

He lives and works in Glasgow, UK with his wife Lisa and their son.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just cannot resist history graphic novels. This one zips through the lives of 19 remarkable scientists. The format is fun, with the author playing talk show host interviewing a string of reanimated corpses. Why corpses? Because everyone loves zombies, I guess.

Humorous and informative.


FOR REFERENCE:

Contents:
• Aristotle, Philosopher 384-322 BCE
• Archimedes, Mathematician 287-212 BCE
• Al-Haytham, Natural Philosopher 965-1040
• Galileo Galilei, Astronomer 1564-1642
• Maria Sibylla Merian, Entomologist 1647-1717
• Isaac Newton, Natural Philosopher 1642-1727
• Edward Jenner, Physician 1749-1823
• Mary Anning, Paleontologist 1799-1847
• Lovelace & Babbage, Mathematicians 1815-1852 & 1791-1871
• Von Humboldt, Explorer, Naturalist, Geographer, Etc. . . . 1769-1859
• James Barry, Doctor 1790s-1865
• Charles Darwin, Naturalist 1809-1882
• Dmitri Mendeleev, 1834-1907
• Marie Curie, Chemist & Physicist 1867-1934
• George Washington Carver, Botanist & Inventor 1860s-1943
• Nikola Tesla, Inventor 1856-1943
• Alan Turing, Computer Scientist 1912-1954
• Albert Einstein, Physicist 1879-1955

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm sure some writer and editor though that interviewing dead scientists sounds like the greatest thing. I thought it was rather strange, but I get that zombies are great fun for others, just not for me.

I kept thinking there was more to this book than that, but no, dig up old scientists and interview them about their history and what they thought about it.

As I said, not something I would want to read, but probably good for kids that enjoy zombie stuff. If so, good way to get them interesting in the lives of scientists.


Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

[Alli · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made for a really fun read! It was definitely educational and the idea of "zombie scientists" telling us about their discoveries was fun and unique. It's something me and my 5-year-old both enjoyed. Also, the illustrations were great!

[Mousellina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very entertaining read that taught me a great deal of things I didn’t know. I loved that author includes lesser know scientists such as women and black people neither of which were allowed to study in those times and their amazing perseverance and freedom of the spirit.

[Elle · Rating 2 out of 5]

In addition to interviewing each scientist, a comic is included illustrating one of their scientific contributions. (DNF - pg 52)