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Cartoon Guide to Statistics 55 reviews
Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith
Collins, 1994
excellent.
this is great as a refresher and a road map of what to study in-depth.
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Cartoon History of the Universe 2: Volumes 8-13 36 reviews
Larry Gonick
Main Street Books/Doubleday, 1994
The universe in comics... finally...
Comics have no limits. Anything can get depicted with words and pictures. And, after Larry Gonick completes his "Cartoon History of the Universe" series, most everything will be. Over the past three decades Gonick has stretched modern comics from the purely fictional into the scientific and historic. He has cartoonified esoteric subjects that would bore most medieval scriveners. Snoozers like ...
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The Cartoon Guide to the Computer3 reviews
Larry Gonick, Mark Wheelis
Collins, 1991
Learning can't be any funnier or more creative
Covers from logic (gate) design up through floating point and (Shannon) communication theory with flair for humor && information. Best used as a light read OR semester course introducing computing for ages 4 & up.
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The Cartoon Guide to Physics25 reviews
Larry Gonick, Art Huffman
Collins, 1992
Finally!
I was a lousy science major in high school. Looking back, I have no idea why I chose the subject I did anyway. The point is, I never understood half the stuff we were going through. Now, 10 years later, I've forgotten the few things I did understand.
Thanks to the magic of Larry Gonick I get now get it! At first glance it still looks hard. They really dive right in with formulas and stuff, ...
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The Cartoon Guide to Genetics (Updated Edition)39 reviews
Larry Gonick, Mark Wheelis
Collins, 1991
Great Introductory book for all ages
The book is a simple guide to Genetics done in a fun and informative manner. It is an easy reading. For anyone trying to understand basic working of Genes and finding it difficult to understand from popular reading or other books, this is it.
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The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance32 reviews
Larry Gonick
W. W. Norton & Company, 2002
There is only one thing wrong--
There is only one thing wrong with "The Cartoon History Of The Universe".
Each volume has a 7 to 10 year wait between them!
However, they ARE excellent.
A fine, well-researched history, presented in a fun graphic style.
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Cartoon History of the United States30 reviews
Larry Gonick
Collins, 1991
Accurate and entertaining
I am not from America but I live here the last 7 years. By far the most pleasant history book. Very accurate and funny, easy to read. I am from Greece and I was surprised to see that the author makes a very precise comment about the involvement of the US government in the Greek politics. It is worth its price and even more. I have bought it as a gift to many friends and they all enjoyed it
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The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry (Cartoon Guide To...)15 reviews
Larry Gonick, Craig Criddle
Collins, 2005
Fun way to learn
This book is required summer reading for AP Chemistry. Looks like a fun way to get an overview of the subject.
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Cartoon History of the Universe 1 Vol. 1-7 (Cartoon History of the Universe) (Cartoon History of the ... 51 reviews
Larry Gonick
Main Street Books, 1997
Wow! If only high school/college history had been this fun and insightful
You know it takes a comic to get to heart of humanity. In most history books you get a narrow point of view, and one that is usually "politically correct" according to the standards of the day. By making a comic version of history, the author can get around all of the "PC"ness of most history books and really hit home with the way humanity *is* and *always was.* The "sheep love" of early ...
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The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1: From Columbus to the U.S. Constitution (Cartoon History of ...21 reviews
Larry Gonick
Collins, 2007
I love this guy.
He always uses humor to bring low the ego of man and the pomposities of our forefathers, and hence ourselves. It's good we don't take ourselves too seriously. We will make better choices for our future that way.
For those who might criticize this book as glossing over certain episodes: Well, I hope this isn't someone's *only* history book. It should just be in everyone's collection along ...
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The Cartoon Guide to Sex19 reviews
Larry Gonick
Collins, 1999
funny and informative
I would recomend this book for every one. It is funny and entertaining enought to keep a person reading but it contains enough information to get something out of the book. The book has a rather small section (5-15 pages) on how to fix sexual problems, but the main focus on the book is more on explaining and listing human sexual nature.
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Kokopelli and Company in Attack of the Smart Pies4 reviews
Larry Gonick
Cricket Books, 2005
Are Bunker Busting Bear Claws the Future of Muse Prankfare?
Let me start with my [dis]qualifications: I am a 46 year old childfree science teacher familiar with the works of Larry Gonick, but pretty clueless about Kokopelli & Company or Muse Magazine [I did a little research before I bought Attack of the Smart Pies - I read a good number of the Kokopelli & Company strips on the Muse Magazine website]. I am obviously NOT part of the target audience for ...
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The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 2: From the Bastille to Baghdad (Cartoon History of the Modern ...
Larry Gonick
Collins, 2009
Part II of the "Cartoon History of the Modern World" picks up where Part I left off, right after the American Revolution. Gonick illuminates with the Enlightenment, then goes deep into the French Revolution, followed by Napoleon's conquests. He covers everything from the Opium Wars to the post-Napoleonic world, industrialisation and the working class, early 20th-century revolutionaries, World Wars I and II, the Cold War era, religious ...
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The Cartoon Guide to (Non) Communication : The Use and Misuse of Information in the Modern World 2 reviews
Larry Gonick
Collins, 1993
Communication is hard, but this book makes it easier to understand
Communication between humans is very hard, as there are so many different ways in which information can be sent. Furthermore, all communications are carried out in a historical and local context. There is the history of all previous communications between all involved and there are the current surroundings and exterior conditions. Even the same words spoken in a different tone of voice can impart ...
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Cartoon Guide to the Environment9 reviews
Larry Gonick, Alice Outwater
Collins, 1996
Well-written, fun-to-learn comic book.
Rarely do I post anything on the web, but I feel obligated to do so now in defense of this author. Global Warming is covered on pages 64, 201-3, and 207 as listed in the index. Ozone Depletion, page 199 & Acid Rain, page 198.
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The Cartoon History of the Modern World (Cartoon History of the Modern World (Topeka Bindery))
Larry Gonick
Topeka Bindery, 2006
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