Archibald Higgins

Archibald Higgins (Anselme Lanturlu in the original French) 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 mainly advanced scientific concepts.

The Adventures of Archibald Higgins

1. Euclid rules OK?, John Murray, Londres, 1982 ISBN 0-7195-3983-8 (translation from Le géométricon by Ian Stewart)

   Here's looking at Euclid (and not looking at Euclid), W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN 0-86576-092-6 (idem)^[1]

2. Flight of fancy, John Murray, Londres, 1982 ISBN 0-7195-3982-X (translation from Si on volait ? by Ian Stewart)

   Flight of fancy, W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN 0-86576-084-5 (idem)

3. Informagic, John Murray, Londres, 1982 ISBN 0-7195-3981-1 (translation from L'informagique by Ian Stewart)

   Computer magic, W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN 0-86576-067-5 (translation from L'informagique by Ian Stewart)

4. The black hole, W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN 0-86576-069-1 (translation from trou noir by Ian Stewart)
5. Everything is relative, W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN 0-86576-068-3 (translation from Tout est relatif by Ian Stewart)
6. Big bang, W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1986 ISBN 0-86576-070-5 (translation from Big bang by Ian Stewart)
7. Run, robot, run, W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1985 ISBN 0-86576-083-7 (translation from À quoi rêvent les robots ? by Ian Stewart)
8. The silence barrier, W. Kaufmann, Los Altos, 1986 ISBN 0-86576-096-9 (translation from mur du silence by Ian Stewart)

References

1. Jean-Pierre Petit. "Here's Looking at Euclid". savoir-sans-frontieres. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

External links

• (French) Site de l'association « Savoir Sans Frontières » funded by the author.
• (French) Page from download of the comics, with PDF format.
• (French) Lanturluland, ancient site of Jean-Pierre Petit dedicated to this Comics series.
• (French) Polémique Sylvain ROQUES / Jean-Pierre PETIT.
• (French) Site presenting somme comments about the errors and approximations of these comics (all in French):
  • About the comics "Tout est Relatif"
  • About the comics "L'Aspirosouffle (Si on volait ?)"
  • About the comics "Big Bang"
  • About the comics "Le Mur du Silence"
  • About the comics "Énergétiquement vôtre"
  • About the comics "Mille Milliards de Soleils"
  • About the comics "Le Chronologicon"
  • About the comics "Joyeuse Apocalypse"
  • About the comics "Le Trou Noir"