TOLKIEN ET LES SCIENCES

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Series of illustrations created for the book Tolkien et les sciences, published by Belin under the direction of Roland Lehoucq, Jean-Sébastien Steyer, and Loïc Mangin.

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“An autodidact in science, Tolkien was a keen observer who asked countless questions about fauna, flora, ocean currents, volcanoes... This is what makes his imaginary worlds and creatures feel so believable. In this book, 38 experts — archaeologists, astrophysicists, philosophers, paleontologists, economists, psychoanalysts, volcanologists, botanists, chemists, doctors, and more — sift through Tolkien’s novels, poems, and letters to uncover their scientific underpinnings.”

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Techniques: colored pencils and digital media.