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Excellent graphic history. I requested this from my library in anticipation of going to see the film Oppenheimer last weekend and so glad I did. Makes a great companion. See comments below for a link to a short video with the author about his creative process.

Read this in time for the release of Christopher Nolan‘s movie “Oppenheimer.” As far as non-fiction graphic books are concerned, “Trinity” is grimly excellent: portraying the science, history, war-time politics and immense moral quandary behind the construction of a weapon that has ushered us into the Atomic Age. Background record “Loving Explosion” is by The Eliminators, a 1970s funk-soul band from the Winston-Salem area of North Carolina.

I'm not a fan of the graphic format in general (I find it distracting and kind of gimmicky), but the content of this history is excellent. It provides technical information about nuclear fission and how it is used in weapons, a history of the people involved in the Manhattan Project, and a brief discussion of the impacts and ethics of a world that has atomic weapons in it.

From level 6 of the Build Your Library homeschool curriculum.

#graphicnovelsnews is airing from Chicago Science Museum. This historical narrative in #graphicnovel format traces the spark of invention from the laboratories of 19 century Europe to the massive industrial and scientific efforts of the Manhattan Project. With powerful renderings of WWII's catastrophic events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Fetter-Vorm chronicles political, environmental, and psychological effects of this new invention.
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🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟I got this from my local library 📚, but it‘s a MUST OWN 😍! I want to put it right next to the Barefoot Gen Manga Series-It‘s that good. I love non-fiction graphic novels🖤. This one in particular had a kind of poetic license that I found rather refreshing and the artistry was fantastic 💥

Curled up w/this beaut this morning 🌥... Thought 💭 I‘d do some light reading to decompress after the major upset 🤬🤬🤬 of the FCC Douche-mongers and like minded parties 😑 I found this oh so appropriate that it came in on my library 📚 holds list the same day too 🤯 #netneutrality #whataworld 😭🌎

Intense, condensed, and lucid.
#nonfiction #comics #comicthon

October ended up with 3/7 books from NZ. One a giant book of poster art and two classics of NZ literature.
In My Fathers Den, Family Matters and A Kind of Freedom were all fantastic reads but unusually for me I am going with a graphic novel about the atom bomb as my pick of the month.
I will discreetly not mention the several books that were flung disagreeably to the floor and abandoned.

#bestofoctober #monthlywrapup

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This is a fantastic discovery for me, the power of graphic novels to tell a complex story like this in a way that doesn't feel dumbed down, or obfuscated with dry facts and dense prose. This is a perfect introduction to the fascinating story of The Manhattan Project. It presents the science, history and ethics around the development of the first atomic bomb in a way you can digest in one sitting.
Exceptional.

So much to think about with this book. It gives you the space to draw your own thoughts without overwhelming you with mountains of detail.

Got this from the children's section of the WWII museum in New Orleans. Don't be fooled, it is NOT a children's book. I read it and couldn't put it down. I loved how it explained the science of an atomic bomb without dumbing it down. The text is amazing and matches the power of the imagery. I love that it doesn't take a side on whether the Manhattan Project was good or bad. It was both. I also really love the William Blake quote at the beginning.

When all your library reserves come in at once. Exploring graphic novels as an art form for story telling in a more diverse way. #nicestack #readerproblems #readharder2017 #graphicnovels

Very timely read that explains the political motivation for building the first atomic bomb, the technical side and also doesn't shy away from the aftermath.