Frontiers of Science

Frontiers of Science was a popular illustrated comic strip created by Professor Stuart Butler of the School of Physics at the University of Sydney in collaboration with Robert Raymond, a documentary maker from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 1962. [ [http://www.science.org.au/academy/memoirs/butler.htm Australian Academy of Science ] Biographical Memoirs - Stuart Thomas Butler 1926-1982 . Accessed March 2008.] The artist was Andrea Bresciani. [ [http://pulpfaction.net/andrea_bresciani_1007 Andrea Bresciani] An Artist between Two Worlds By Giuseppe Trovato. Accessed March 2008.]

It explained scientific concepts and recent research and in a 3 or 4 panel illustrated strip in an accessible and easily comprehensible way. The strip was syndicated to hundreds of newspapers around the world for 25 years, from 1962 to 1987. It was also published as a soft cover book.

The strips are being archived by the University of Sydney who plan to make them available via the internet.

References

* [http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/foundation/Outreach/otherProjects/index.htm University of Sydney ] Outreach projects, Frontiers of Science, - Accessed July 2006.

External links

* [http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/FRANKLIN/IMAGES/FRANKLIN/frontiers_of_science_1_5.jpg"Drifting Through Inner Space"] Ocean deep exploration explained in 5 cartoon strips c late 1960s - at NASA website - Accessed July 2006.