FIELDWORK FAIL

Written and illustrated by Jim Jourdane with the help of 25 scientists.
20 × 28 cm, 80 pages, hardcover.
Public aimed: 9+
Genre: Docu-fiction
Keywords: SCIENCE | ANECDOTES | ADVENTURE | ILLUSTRATIONS
Rights available: WORLDWIDE EXCEPT SPANISH COUNTRIES
Rights sold : CHINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, GERMANY.

The messy side of science!

Glued to acrocodile, swallowing fossils, or havingshoes melted by lava…
Scientists working on all continents share their best stories, from the Colombian jungle to the Antarctic ice.
Dive into the everyday mistakes of biologists, archeologists, entomologists, and volcanologists!

Far from the clichés we could have about science, 25 scientists of all continents present the human, messy side of science, with their best anecdotes.

2018 finalist LE GOÛT DES SCIENCES Children (Science Book Award)
2019 nominee LA SCIENCE SE LIVRE (SciCom Book Award Teenager category)
2021 winner DAPENG NATURE (Children Exploration Award)

“Jim Jourdane had the subtelty not only to collect anecdotes, but to use them as a pretext
to show the work of scientists and break the distance between science and the general public."
Le Monde

“We learn and we laugh at the same time. Perfect to see science in a different way!"
GEO ado

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