Scientists Are Human, Too: Questions For Cartoonist Tom Gauld

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Scientists Are Human, Too: Questions For Cartoonist Tom Gauld
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'There sometimes seems to be an idea that in order to be a scientist you have to put aside your humanity and become an emotionless logic-machine,' says cartoonist Tom Gauld. His new book, inspired by his scientist grandfather, aims to challenge that.

In an email interview, Gauld tells me his grandfather, a marine biologist, was one of his influences as he was drawing these comics.

Scientists are having a hard time right now — misinformation is so hard to combat, and increasingly people seem to want to believe what accords with their own politics. Why did you decide to create this book, right now?

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