Where the atomic nuclei are: Maurice Sendak, physics illustrator
August 27, 2024 12:40 PM   Subscribe

Teenage Maurice Sendak published his first professional illustrations in a 1947 popular science book about nuclear physics, co-authored by his high school physics teacher: Atomics for the Millions. Articles in Physics Today and Ars Technica.
posted by ShooBoo (6 comments total) 11 users marked this as a favorite
 
My dumb brain automatically added a "Turtles!" at the end of "Teenage Maurice Sendak".

(Anyway, let's have a look at the articles.)
posted by bigendian at 12:44 PM on August 27 [3 favorites]


Hero on the subshell, top quark power!
posted by Reverend John at 12:56 PM on August 27 [2 favorites]


So cool! You can see flavor of the whimsy that would characterize his mature work. What an immense talent.
posted by latkes at 1:47 PM on August 27


"The tiny atom comes into its own"

(phwoar...)
posted by chavenet at 2:32 PM on August 27


This is where I plug one of the my favorite documentaries ever TELL THEM ANYTHING YOU WANT: A PORTRAIT OF MAURICE SENDAK. He mentions this book in passing.
posted by bluefly at 2:35 PM on August 27


I would've loved this book as a kid!
posted by mittens at 3:04 PM on August 27


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