The Cartoon Guide to Calculus
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 27, 2011
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- Who it’s for
- A playful visual route into general calculus, with enough depth to keep the ideas serious.
- Themes
- General calculus, Making complex ideas comprehensible, Humorous educational presentation
- Genres
- Calculus, Comics Reference & Guides, Teaching Mathematics
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“In Gonick’s work, clever design and illustration make complicated ideas or insights strikingly clear.” —New York Times Book Review Larry Gonick, master cartoonist, former Harvard instructor, and creator of the New York Times bestselling, Harvey Award-winning Cartoon Guide series now does for calculus what he previously did for science and history: making a complex subject comprehensible, fascinating, and fun through witty text and light-hearted graphics.
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Gonick’s The Cartoon Guide to Calculus is a refreshingly humorous, remarkably thorough guide to general calculus that, like his earlier Cartoon Guide to Physics and Cartoon History of the Modern World, will prove a boon to students, educators, and eager learners everywhere.
Calculus, Illustrated
A playful visual route into general calculus, with enough depth to keep the ideas serious.
Come here for
- Witty text and light-hearted graphics
- A complicated subject made comprehensible
Expect
- Humor alongside a thorough treatment of general calculus
- Cartooning that makes complex ideas strikingly clear
Where it sits
| Calculus | 95% |
|---|---|
| Comics Reference & Guides | 35% |
| Teaching Mathematics | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Art Teaching & Study
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Science Fiction Comics
- Nonfiction Comics
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- Comics Reference & Guides
- Education Data & Statistics
- Teaching Methods
- Linear Algebra
- Authors
- Larry Gonick
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 27, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- General calculus · Making complex ideas comprehensible · Humorous educational presentation
- Reading lane
- Art Teaching & Study