Archibald Higgins

Archibald Higgins is the main character of the comics series of "The Adventures of Archibald Higgins"; created by the French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Petit as a translation of his French series "Les Aventures d'Anselme Lanturlu".

This comics series explains mains advanced scientific concepts.

The Adventures of Archibald Higgins

# "Euclid rules OK?", John Murray, Londres, 1982 ISBN|071953983-8 (translation from "géometricon" by Ian Stewart)
#:"Here's looking at Euclid (and not looking at Euclid)", W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN|086576092-6 (idem)
# "Flight of fancy", John Murray, Londres, 1982 ISBN|071953982-X (translation from "Si on volait ?" by Ian Stewart)
#:"Flight of fancy", W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN|086576084-5 (idem)
# "Informagic", John Murray, Londres, 1982 ISBN|071953981-1 (translation from "L'informagique" by Ian Stewart)
#:"Computer magic", W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN|086576067-5 (translation from "L'informagique" by Ian Stewart)
# "The black hole", W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN|086576069-1 (translation from "trou noir" by Ian Stewart)
# "Everything is relative", W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN|086576068-3 (translation from "Tout est relatif" by Ian Stewart)
# "Big bang", W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1986 ISBN|086576070-5 (translation from "Big bang" by Ian Stewart)
# "Run, robot, run", W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN|086576083-7 (translation from "À quoi rêvent les robots ?" by Ian Stewart)
# "The silence barrier", W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1986 ISBN|086576096-9 (translation from "mur du silence" by Ian Stewart)

External links

* [http://www.savoir-sans-frontieres.com Site de l'association « Savoir sans frontières »] funded by the author.
* [http://www.savoir-sans-frontieres.com/JPP/telechargeables/free_downloads.htm#francais Page from download of the comics, with PDF format.]
* [http://lanturluland.free.fr/ Lanturluland, ancient site of Jean-Pierre Petit dedicated to this Comics series.]
* [http://french.cars.free.fr/lanturlu/ Polémique Sylvain ROQUES / Jean-Pierre PETIT.]
* Site presenting somme comments about the errors and approximations of these comics (all in French):
** About the comics [http://rominni.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/commentaire-sur-la-bd-tout-est-relatif/ "Tout est Relatif"]
** About the comics [http://rominni.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/commentaire-sur-la-bd-laspirisouffle-si-on-volait/ "L'Aspirosouffle (Si on volait ?)"]
** About the comics [http://rominni.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/commentaires-sur-la-bd-big-bang/ "Big Bang"]
** About the comics [http://rominni.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/commentaire-sur-la-bd-le-trou-noir/ "Le Mur du Silence"]
** About the comics [http://rominni.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/commentaire-sur-la-bd-energetiquement-votre/ "Énergétiquement vôtre"]
** About the comics [http://rominni.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/commentaire-sur-la-bd-mille-milliards-de-soleils/ "Mille Milliards de Soleils"]
** About the comics [http://rominni.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/commentaires-sur-la-bd-le-chronologicon/ "Le Chronologicon"]
** About the comics [http://rominni.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/commentaires-sur-la-bd-joyeuse-apocalypse/ "Joyeuse Apocalypse"]
** About the comics [http://rominni.wordpress.com/commentaires-sur-la-bd-le-trou-noir/ "Le Trou Noir"]