What do you think?
Rate this book
Neurocomic: A Comic About the Brain
Do you know what your brain is made of? How does memory function? What is a neuron and how does it work? For that matter what’s a comic? And in the words of Lewis Carroll’s famous caterpillar: “Who are you?”
Neurocomic is a journey through the human brain: a place of neuron forests, memory caves, and castles of deception. Along the way, you’ll encounter Boschean beasts, giant squid, guitar-playing sea slugs, and the great pioneers of neuroscience. Hana Roš and Matteo Farinella provide an insight into the most complex thing in the universe.
Neurocomic is a journey through the human brain: a place of neuron forests, memory caves, and castles of deception. Along the way, you’ll encounter Boschean beasts, giant squid, guitar-playing sea slugs, and the great pioneers of neuroscience. Hana Roš and Matteo Farinella provide an insight into the most complex thing in the universe.
144 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2013
About the author
Matteo Farinella
10 books24 followersMatteo Farinella is a London based neuroscientist and cartoonist. He works at the intersection between science and art, producing info-comics and scientific illustrations. He collaborated with high-profile scientific projects and institutions such as UCL, HarvardX, Columbia University and OpenWorm. He is also very passionate about education and public engagement with science.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 359 reviews
April 28, 2015
I'm going to preface this review by stating that I have no idea if the science or the facts in this graphic novel are right. I'm assuming they are, and if it's all accurate, I could see NEUROCOMIC being added to the curriculum as a possible visual learning aid.
There's a lot of science, history, facts, etc. given in very few pages, and I really enjoyed reading about all the brainy goodness this book had to offer.
The art is simple, but it kept me in the story. There was quite a bit of information, that it was nice to have visuals to go along with it. The writing was very factual, and although there was some fun personality to the characters, the science and facts overshadowed that constantly.
The ending was awesome and a bit mind-blowing to me. I appreciated how Hana Ros chose to end this, and I thought it worked very well for the book and for the subject matter.
NEUROCOMIC isn't going to be for everyone. It has it faults, namely the one real woman being an object for the Protagonist to chase. When the book gets to the mental disorders of the brain, it makes sense and works, but even still, it was a bit frustrating that the only woman of the story wasn't really a part of the story. Looking past that though, I thought the subject was fascinating, and I'd be willing to try out other work by both of these doctors.
OK honestly, only if they do something creative with the subject matter like they did here.
Also, a giant squid attacks!
There's a lot of science, history, facts, etc. given in very few pages, and I really enjoyed reading about all the brainy goodness this book had to offer.
The art is simple, but it kept me in the story. There was quite a bit of information, that it was nice to have visuals to go along with it. The writing was very factual, and although there was some fun personality to the characters, the science and facts overshadowed that constantly.
The ending was awesome and a bit mind-blowing to me. I appreciated how Hana Ros chose to end this, and I thought it worked very well for the book and for the subject matter.
NEUROCOMIC isn't going to be for everyone. It has it faults, namely the one real woman being an object for the Protagonist to chase. When the book gets to the mental disorders of the brain, it makes sense and works, but even still, it was a bit frustrating that the only woman of the story wasn't really a part of the story. Looking past that though, I thought the subject was fascinating, and I'd be willing to try out other work by both of these doctors.
OK honestly, only if they do something creative with the subject matter like they did here.
Also, a giant squid attacks!
April 13, 2014
It's about neuroscience, and there's a squid on the cover, grasping a rocketship. MUST READ!
***
A bit of a let down. I didn't love the art (except for the cephalopods. They were all marvelous.) Really didn't like the gender depictions. Yes, I'm a feminist pedant. You're either going to be with me on this, or think I'm a nutcase.
Text on lower image reads:
"Oh, my lady! So you were not a hallucination . . . are you the queen of this place?
"No, I'm not. I'm a prisoner just like you."
"Well, fear not, my dear! I'll find the master of this cruel game and take you away with me."
Adding image of squid because awesome.
***
A bit of a let down. I didn't love the art (except for the cephalopods. They were all marvelous.) Really didn't like the gender depictions. Yes, I'm a feminist pedant. You're either going to be with me on this, or think I'm a nutcase.
Text on lower image reads:
"Oh, my lady! So you were not a hallucination . . . are you the queen of this place?
"No, I'm not. I'm a prisoner just like you."
"Well, fear not, my dear! I'll find the master of this cruel game and take you away with me."
Adding image of squid because awesome.
August 14, 2020
3.5
Uma leitura interessante, divertida e introdutória para quem tem vontade de saber um pouco mais sobre o cérebro.
Já tinha lido quando foi lançado e agora, relendo, me deu ainda mais saudade da época da faculdade de Psicologia. O cérebro e a mente são fascinantes :)
Uma leitura interessante, divertida e introdutória para quem tem vontade de saber um pouco mais sobre o cérebro.
Já tinha lido quando foi lançado e agora, relendo, me deu ainda mais saudade da época da faculdade de Psicologia. O cérebro e a mente são fascinantes :)
May 15, 2020
This is the most simplified neuroscience 101 book I've ever laid my hands on. The facts seem to be on point and the story is hectic in its own way. It was fun to see how a comic could be used as a great tool for learning; the future lies in Neurocomic. There's nothing too stunning in the artwork, but there's a lot of clever elements in it. It also plays well on the words, but sometimes I felt like the transition was a little too sharp. Like a 100 meter truck trying to do a 90-degree turn on a narrow street. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who would love to learn more about neuroscience before jumping into the discipline!
P.S. A full review to come
Yours truly,
Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
Official blog: http://bookidote.wordpress.com
P.S. A full review to come
Yours truly,
Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
Official blog: http://bookidote.wordpress.com
January 10, 2015
It's an Alice in Wonderland-esque tour of your brain! With brain forests and science and random squids!
Science-wise, Neurocomic does a decent job of explaining the inner workings of your brain (as far as I, not a neuroscientist, can tell). The art is okay. It's not great, but it works to convey the ideas.
Where I really lost enthusiasm was the portrayal of women, which is actually noted early on in the text when protagonist dude finds himself inside a brain forest, looks around for the woman he was just about to hit on, and is then informed by an old white guy that "I'm afraid you won't find many girls around here, boy." This is because he meets a bunch of pioneers in the field of neuroscience who are, of course, all white men. Which, okay, that's life, women didn't get to do science (or get credit for it if they did) for much of history. But then the only woman in this story is the woman that protagonist dude is trying to hit on, so she's a goal/plot instigator, not an actual character. (The only other humanoid females presented are a bunch of sexed-up neurotransmitters and a topless mermaid....)
So, sure, the history of neuroscience may be made of white men, but Neurocomic certainly does nothing to change that. This is not something I imagine would encourage women interested in STEM fields.
Science-wise, Neurocomic does a decent job of explaining the inner workings of your brain (as far as I, not a neuroscientist, can tell). The art is okay. It's not great, but it works to convey the ideas.
Where I really lost enthusiasm was the portrayal of women, which is actually noted early on in the text when protagonist dude finds himself inside a brain forest, looks around for the woman he was just about to hit on, and is then informed by an old white guy that "I'm afraid you won't find many girls around here, boy." This is because he meets a bunch of pioneers in the field of neuroscience who are, of course, all white men. Which, okay, that's life, women didn't get to do science (or get credit for it if they did) for much of history. But then the only woman in this story is the woman that protagonist dude is trying to hit on, so she's a goal/plot instigator, not an actual character. (The only other humanoid females presented are a bunch of sexed-up neurotransmitters and a topless mermaid....)
So, sure, the history of neuroscience may be made of white men, but Neurocomic certainly does nothing to change that. This is not something I imagine would encourage women interested in STEM fields.
July 17, 2015
Did there really need to be a tiny plot about a man chasing and "saving" a woman in a book about explaining the brain? And where are all the lady scientists? They literally mention Aplysia right in the book but neglect to mention Angélique Arvanitaki who studied electrical activity in the nervous system of that very creature? And the book has a whole chapter about pharmacology and include neurotransmitters but also leave out Marthe Vogt, who is such an important contributor to what we now know about neurotransmitters? But even regardless of all of those things, the fact that they show and explain Pavlov ringing a bell bothered me as well because in research done on the topic, Pavlov probably never even rang a bell, he used a variety of different stimuli including a buzzer and metronome (I know it's an inconsequential detail in the long run but it still bothered me that they never addressed that). Despite all of that I still appreciate all that the author was trying to do, which was just get more people interested in the brain and try to simplify things for people who are interested but may be a bit confused.
July 10, 2020
muito bom mas não entendi nada kkkkkkkkkkkkk
(as ilustrações são otimas, ótimo uso dos tons de preto e sombreados)
(durante a leitura só pensava meu deus que doideira kkkk meu deus kkkk não to entendendo nada kkkk meu deussss interessantíssimo mas não to entendendo nada kkkkkkk)
(não é porque é super complexo não, eu que sou burra nas biológicas mesmo)
(as ilustrações são otimas, ótimo uso dos tons de preto e sombreados)
(durante a leitura só pensava meu deus que doideira kkkk meu deus kkkk não to entendendo nada kkkk meu deussss interessantíssimo mas não to entendendo nada kkkkkkk)
(não é porque é super complexo não, eu que sou burra nas biológicas mesmo)
February 28, 2018
A kind of YA level or science course companion on the workings of the brain, by neuroscientist turned comics writer Hana Ros. I'm not a science guy, I'm in English, but since I have a kid with autism I have read what I can of laymen's accounts of neuroscience, one of the last frontiers. The art in my introduction to Ros's work I didn't initially find all that great, but in places it was imaginative and inspired, and useful as a kind of creative introduction. We are introduced to the basics, and some history of the science, and to some of the greats in the history of brain research, and to the idea that we are sort of left with metaphors to try to bridge the gaps in what we know, with invention, with a faith (sometimes misplaced) in our own perceptions of things. Feels like they are saying it is the scientists' hope that we will be able to explain and understand the brain almost exclusively in biological terms, which to a poet or artist or person of faith must seem limiting. But as the father of a kid with severe autism, I encourage my scientific researcher brothers and sisters to keep on exploring the frontier! Always hoping for a cure, of course.
May 25, 2014
The idea of this book interested me, but I just couldn't get into it. I don't know if that's me, that I just won't be interested in neuroscience no matter how it's presented. Or maybe I could be, and this just wasn't the book to do it. I wasn't thrilled with the art, which mostly felt bland and lacking in detail. And I didn't like that the only female in the entire book was an objective, a destination, and not an actual person. As far as I know, the science presented was accurate, and easy enough to understand. It just didn't appeal to me, on a number of levels.
August 16, 2023
This graphic novel suggests that the human brain is "the most complex thing the universe" but I feel that is much competition for that title.
The brain is a mysterious thing, and the delineation of the brain and the mind, whatever those words mean, opens an endless debate. This book offers a humorous, picaresque journey into the brain,, and offers detailed insights into the inner workings — gathering signals, sending decisions and forming memories.
Both of the authors are neuroscientists, so I assume the information is basically correct, and the text provides history as well, as we visit various pioneers into brain research. Even Pavlov and a salivating dog make an appearance.
Weirdly entertaining, and enlightening, this journey into the brain is both informative and enigmatic.
The brain is a mysterious thing, and the delineation of the brain and the mind, whatever those words mean, opens an endless debate. This book offers a humorous, picaresque journey into the brain,, and offers detailed insights into the inner workings — gathering signals, sending decisions and forming memories.
Both of the authors are neuroscientists, so I assume the information is basically correct, and the text provides history as well, as we visit various pioneers into brain research. Even Pavlov and a salivating dog make an appearance.
Weirdly entertaining, and enlightening, this journey into the brain is both informative and enigmatic.
November 9, 2020
really lovely illustrations to give a little inisight about neuroscience!
December 10, 2016
Fun, but a little on the short side. This is a look at the physiology of the brain in comics form. A young man is taken on a grand tour, guided by the various scientists responsible for discovering the various aspects of how the brain works. It's a playful concept, if a bit contrived. I'd describe the artwork as "simplified realism." It reminds me a bit of Phoebe Gloeckner, though with a bit less detail. The ending gets a bit meta, but it's lots of fun. I really liked this book. It's a great concept, executed well, maybe a touch too impressed with its own cleverness ... It's just really, really short. I would have been happier with more detail. This feels like merely an opening chapter to a much longer book--after learning of the brain's physiology we then segue into some comics adaptations of neurological or psychological case histories or something. This is an excellent appetizer, but not much of a main course.
May 5, 2014
As a huge fan of neuroscience and graphic novels, I was pretty excited about this. But... wouldn't you imagine that a book that combines the two would feature either kick-ass art or mind-blowing science facts (or hopefully both)? Sadly, this was fairly mediocre on both counts. While some of the art was dreamy and evocative, a lot of it looked like a high school kid's doodle of their teacher. 90% of the panels featured a wrinkly, constipated-looking dude on a nearly-blank background. And the neuroscience was mildly interesting, at times, but I'm not sure who it was for - it seemed to vacillate between very basic and suddenly jargon-filled.
AND, though the authors introduced us to a lot of individual scientists who contributed to our understanding of the brain, I was a bit surprised to learn that apparently, no women scientists have ever contributed anything to neuroscience. Really? In 2014, they couldn't think of one woman to include?
Sigh. I still think there's tremendous potential for a really incredible graphic novel that explores brain science. This ain't it.
AND, though the authors introduced us to a lot of individual scientists who contributed to our understanding of the brain, I was a bit surprised to learn that apparently, no women scientists have ever contributed anything to neuroscience. Really? In 2014, they couldn't think of one woman to include?
Sigh. I still think there's tremendous potential for a really incredible graphic novel that explores brain science. This ain't it.
March 26, 2017
Neurocomic es literalmente eso: un cómic sobre el cerebro. Es una historia sencilla, surreal y bizarra donde vamos aprendiendo junto al protagonista las distintas formas en las que funciona nuestro cerebro y quienes son los científicos responsables de que tengamos esa información. La sencillez de sus diagramas lo hace apetecible para ñoños de todas las edades. Es casi una novela gráfica de divulgación científica. Ojalá todo lo aprendiéramos así.
Me quedo con una frase sencilla que me recordó a Dumbledore en el cerebro de Harry y dice, parafraseo, algo como: "Imaginación, realidad, ¿qué importa? Todo sucede en el cerebro".
Me quedo con una frase sencilla que me recordó a Dumbledore en el cerebro de Harry y dice, parafraseo, algo como: "Imaginación, realidad, ¿qué importa? Todo sucede en el cerebro".
January 7, 2016
I'm going to preface this by saying I study neuroscience. I enjoyed it. The explanations are a little simple and teleological, but it's a good introduction to neuroscience concepts. The art is fun, and I like the concept of describing the brain graphically. I would recommend it for people interested in an introduction to basic neuroscience. It provides a good base for learning more about the complexities of the topics it covers by giving relevant vocabulary and some big names in the field.
December 27, 2013
Incredible. I was going to give it 4 stars for being a wonderfully informative, well-drawn graphic novel. But then the last few pages caused me to have a mini existential crisis, and the 5th star had to be awarded!
December 1, 2022
3,5 rounded up to 4. Could have been useful back in the day when I was still in school. Not that pretty illustrations, but practical. Quite dry. But still, to the point and could be a useful study-aid.
July 26, 2016
This book gives a small insight to how your brain works. It beautifully published and some of the artwork is great, but some is pretty horrible. And I found that it seemed to focus more on the names of the doctor or scientist who'd made an important discovery than the actual discovery.
I'm a med student and from what we've read so far I believe the book to be accurate but unfortunately a little too simplistic.
And, as more reviewers have also mentioned, the way women are portrayed is pretty disturbing. Oversexualized and used as plot devices without substance.
If you're interested in neuroscience I'd still recommend picking it up from the library as it's a quick read and easy enough to read.
I'm a med student and from what we've read so far I believe the book to be accurate but unfortunately a little too simplistic.
And, as more reviewers have also mentioned, the way women are portrayed is pretty disturbing. Oversexualized and used as plot devices without substance.
If you're interested in neuroscience I'd still recommend picking it up from the library as it's a quick read and easy enough to read.
November 18, 2014
This is awesome! Written buy a Dr. and illustrated by a Dr. (superbly I must add!)
My only criticism is that when they got to speaking about consciousness,
which they only barely mentioned near the end,
they just had to bring out the old ego-driven mechanistic view of biology, ...
which is to say instead of admitting how little they know about consciousness,
they act like someday it will all be explained away as a simple brain function.
I find this perspective to be limited
and limiting.
Still, I plan on re-reading this someday, ... :)
My only criticism is that when they got to speaking about consciousness,
which they only barely mentioned near the end,
they just had to bring out the old ego-driven mechanistic view of biology, ...
which is to say instead of admitting how little they know about consciousness,
they act like someday it will all be explained away as a simple brain function.
I find this perspective to be limited
and limiting.
Still, I plan on re-reading this someday, ... :)
February 27, 2018
La collana Rizzoli Lizard quest'anno mi sta dando molte soddisfazioni!
Un viaggio che parte da una foresta di neuroni alla scoperta delle caratteristiche strutturali e funzionali del nostro sistema nervoso. Divertente ed istruttivo.
Lo stile di disegno non è tra i miei preferiti, ma lo trovo sicuramente adatto allo scopo.
Penso che possa piacere a tutti, ma forse se lo si può godere un po' di più se si sa già qualcosina sull'argomento.
Un viaggio che parte da una foresta di neuroni alla scoperta delle caratteristiche strutturali e funzionali del nostro sistema nervoso. Divertente ed istruttivo.
Lo stile di disegno non è tra i miei preferiti, ma lo trovo sicuramente adatto allo scopo.
Penso che possa piacere a tutti, ma forse se lo si può godere un po' di più se si sa già qualcosina sull'argomento.
January 30, 2024
It is a good book.
I had fun reading it.
It explains brain processes in a fun way.
I had fun reading it.
It explains brain processes in a fun way.
April 6, 2024
Trudno to ocenić gwizdkami 😭😭😭
(Mam nadzieję, że mój mózg cós z tego zapamięta)
(Mam nadzieję, że mój mózg cós z tego zapamięta)
April 1, 2021
Such an odd little graphic novel...I wish this existed when I was in school trying to figure out this very subject. It does a great job breaking down explanations of how your brain works. The ending is both clever and creepy as you realize much of what you "know" is just an illusion.
Both embracing and shaking my fist at the recommended reading in the back. As if my TBR list isn't big enough...yet here I go, adding every title. Thanks, Hana Ros!
Both embracing and shaking my fist at the recommended reading in the back. As if my TBR list isn't big enough...yet here I go, adding every title. Thanks, Hana Ros!
October 17, 2020
I had high expectations for this and at first I was really charmed. But after a few pages I realized: this isn't going anywhere. Our "hero” meets a series of scientists and interacts with a series of parts of the brain (dendrites, etc). I can’t really say I "learned” anything because I don’t think I remembered any of it. It was just “hey here’s this scientist he worked on this which is like this and whoa there you go onto next scientist!”
And while I appreciate that an attempt was made to draw each scientist realistically, I didn’t like the art. The irises of the protagonist's eyes were white and that really bugged me. And I could have done without the framing story of some guy horndogging his way around chasing a pretty girl.
I love the idea of this book, but it failed in execution.
And while I appreciate that an attempt was made to draw each scientist realistically, I didn’t like the art. The irises of the protagonist's eyes were white and that really bugged me. And I could have done without the framing story of some guy horndogging his way around chasing a pretty girl.
I love the idea of this book, but it failed in execution.
June 4, 2016
This book seems to have a few contradictions. I am not able to tell if it were a written for an adult or child audience. o
Or an audience that knows nothing about neurology or with some grasp of it. The book is in cartoon format but the language and flow of the logic is not quite simple and the book is hard bound and looks very serious. Even though I have some basic knowledge of how the brain works, I still find some info baffling. A strange book. Written by scientists to as an introductory educational book. But they should have gotten a proper writer to translate it into something the target audience can relate to. I will not recommend it as an introductory book on neurology.
Or an audience that knows nothing about neurology or with some grasp of it. The book is in cartoon format but the language and flow of the logic is not quite simple and the book is hard bound and looks very serious. Even though I have some basic knowledge of how the brain works, I still find some info baffling. A strange book. Written by scientists to as an introductory educational book. But they should have gotten a proper writer to translate it into something the target audience can relate to. I will not recommend it as an introductory book on neurology.
May 6, 2014
A surreal, informative journey through the human brain. A fun, novel way to learn about neuroscience.
January 3, 2019
Meine Meinung
Ich interessiere mich sehr für die Anatomie, den menschlichen Körper und die Funktionsweise der Organe. Und dann kommt eine Graphic Novel, die einem das GEHIRN und seine Funktionsweise auf ganz einfache Art und Weise bildlich erklären und näher bringen will. Da konnte ich nicht “nein” sagen.
Dieses Buch ist wahrlich kunstvoll gemacht! Der feste Einband ist wunderschön illustriert, glänzt und ist für Haptiker einfach grandios. Doch macht man es auf und fängt zu lesen an, sind diese überaus einfachen Zeichnungen, die immer in schwarz-weiß gehalten wurden, viel zu schlicht! Das war für mich eine echte Enttäuschung! Auch wenn sie vielleicht zur Vereinfachung des Themas passen und diese unterstreichen, war ich nicht richtig zufrieden.
Zudem kann man nicht behaupten, dass die Graphic Novel inhaltlich sehr einfach ist. Wer sich mit der Thematik so überhaupt nicht auskennt, wird wahrscheinlich überfordert sein. Die Bezeichnungen und Funktionsweise war mir bekannt, obwohl ich vieles bereits namentlich vergessen habe, war das für mich eine sehr gute Auffrisschung. Der Teil mit der Funktionsweise eines Neurons fand ich wieder sehr spannend und lehrreich, jedoch habe ich diesen Teil dreimal gelesen und die Bilder dazu betrachtet. Es ist hohe Konzentration gefordert.
Der Protagonist jedoch macht es einem nicht leicht, ihm gerne zu folgen. Er ist gestresst, genervt und möchte eigentlich so gar nichts über sein eigenes Gehirn wissen. Das hat sich etwas auf mich als Leserin übertragen. Ich hätte den Weg durchs Buch lieber ohne ihn gemacht.
Das Ende wiederum hat einen super Clou, der mich zum Lachen gebracht hat.
Fazit
Ein schönes Buch mit wichtigem Inhalt, nicht ganz so glücklich umgesetzt. Für Leser*innen, die sich für das Thema interessieren, ist es geeignet. Lesern, die das Buch nur deshalb lesen möchten, weil sie Graphic Novels lieben, würde ich eher davon abraten. Es lädt jedoch ein zur weiteren, eigenen Recherche. Sehr gut bieten sich da die im Buch genannten Wissenschaftler an, die teilweise bereits schon im 18. Jahrhundert geforscht haben.
Ich interessiere mich sehr für die Anatomie, den menschlichen Körper und die Funktionsweise der Organe. Und dann kommt eine Graphic Novel, die einem das GEHIRN und seine Funktionsweise auf ganz einfache Art und Weise bildlich erklären und näher bringen will. Da konnte ich nicht “nein” sagen.
Dieses Buch ist wahrlich kunstvoll gemacht! Der feste Einband ist wunderschön illustriert, glänzt und ist für Haptiker einfach grandios. Doch macht man es auf und fängt zu lesen an, sind diese überaus einfachen Zeichnungen, die immer in schwarz-weiß gehalten wurden, viel zu schlicht! Das war für mich eine echte Enttäuschung! Auch wenn sie vielleicht zur Vereinfachung des Themas passen und diese unterstreichen, war ich nicht richtig zufrieden.
Zudem kann man nicht behaupten, dass die Graphic Novel inhaltlich sehr einfach ist. Wer sich mit der Thematik so überhaupt nicht auskennt, wird wahrscheinlich überfordert sein. Die Bezeichnungen und Funktionsweise war mir bekannt, obwohl ich vieles bereits namentlich vergessen habe, war das für mich eine sehr gute Auffrisschung. Der Teil mit der Funktionsweise eines Neurons fand ich wieder sehr spannend und lehrreich, jedoch habe ich diesen Teil dreimal gelesen und die Bilder dazu betrachtet. Es ist hohe Konzentration gefordert.
Der Protagonist jedoch macht es einem nicht leicht, ihm gerne zu folgen. Er ist gestresst, genervt und möchte eigentlich so gar nichts über sein eigenes Gehirn wissen. Das hat sich etwas auf mich als Leserin übertragen. Ich hätte den Weg durchs Buch lieber ohne ihn gemacht.
Das Ende wiederum hat einen super Clou, der mich zum Lachen gebracht hat.
Fazit
Ein schönes Buch mit wichtigem Inhalt, nicht ganz so glücklich umgesetzt. Für Leser*innen, die sich für das Thema interessieren, ist es geeignet. Lesern, die das Buch nur deshalb lesen möchten, weil sie Graphic Novels lieben, würde ich eher davon abraten. Es lädt jedoch ein zur weiteren, eigenen Recherche. Sehr gut bieten sich da die im Buch genannten Wissenschaftler an, die teilweise bereits schon im 18. Jahrhundert geforscht haben.
December 18, 2020
Esta novela gráfica divulgativa me ha encantado. Siempre he sido muy curiosa sobre cómo funciona el cerebro, y en este libro te lo explican muy bien sin usar demasiadas palabras técnicas y no volverte loco o aburrirte en el intento de comprender cómo es todo lo que hay dentro de nosotros. Las ilustraciones son geniales. Una historia magnífica. Un libro para leerlo cada x tiempo. Me gustaría que se crearan más libros en este formato (novela gráfica) para difundir cualquier ciencia. Libro recomendado. ¿Conocéis algún libro de ciencia de estas características? Escucho recomendaciones.
January 1, 2019
This is a good book. The art is simple and organized, and the book reading is very fast, cause there are a lot of images. Explain about de inner works of the brain in a easy way to people that aren't involved with science, especially for children. The negative point is the unique woman in the book was the man is sexually interested, while there are many scientists (ok, the science is not feminist, and the book doesn't contribute to a better image for this).
Displaying 1 - 30 of 359 reviews