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The Cartoon Guide to Calculus

By Larry Gonick
Series: Cartoon Guide Series
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The Cartoon Guide to Calculus by Larry Gonick is an engaging, illustrated introduction to the fundamentals of calculus. The book uses humour and clever visuals to demystify complex mathematical concepts, making them accessible and enjoyable. It's a perfect resource for both novices and those looking to refresh their understanding of calculus in an entertaining way.
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You might enjoy this book if you're looking for an engaging and accessible way to understand calculus concepts through humour and illustrations. It blends mathematical insight with delightful cartoons, making complex topics more enjoyable and easier to grasp. Ideal for both students and casual learners, it softens the often-intimidating subject of calculus with wit and creativity.

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Part of "Cartoon Guide" series, this title offers college-level calculus course. It teaches the course essentials, functions, limits, derivatives, and integrals, with numerous examples and applications. It includes problem sets, designed to help readers cement the lessons learned in each section.

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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. 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.

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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...
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A Cartoon Guide to Calculus by Larry Gonick receives high praise for its engaging and creative approach to making calculus accessible. Reviewers highlight the book's effective use of humour and cartoons to explain complex concepts, making calculus both understandable and enjoyable. It's credited with presenting the subject matter in a clear, insightful manner, and even those typically overwhelmed by mathematics are likely to find it manageable and fun.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9780061689093

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 February 2012

Country: United States

Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 187.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 433g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Larry Gonick has been creating comics that explain history, science, and other big subjects for more than forty years. He wrote his first guide, Blood from a Stone: A Cartoon Guide to Tax Reform, in 1977. He has been a calculus instructor at Harvard (where he earned his BA and MA in mathematics) and a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and he is staff cartoonist for Muse magazine.

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