LARRY GONICK

Master cartoonist Larry Gonick has already given readers the history of the world in cartoon form. Now, Gonick, a Harvard-trained mathematician, offers a comprehensive and up-to-date illustrated course in first-year calculus that demystifies the world of functions, limits, derivatives, and integrals. Using clear and helpful graphics—and delightful humor to lighten what is frequently a tough subject—he teaches all of the essentials, with numerous examples and problem sets. For the curious and confused alike, The Cartoon Guide to Calculus is the perfect combination of entertainment and education—a valuable supplement for any student, teacher, parent, or professional.

El prestigioso dibujante Larry Gonick nos propone una particular revisión de la historia empezando por el Big Bang que provocó el nacimiento del universo, pasando por la era glaciar hasta el gran imperio Persa o el periodo de Alejandro Magno. Una forma didactica y divertida de conocer la historia del universo.Una obra entretenida a la vez que didactica, recomendada para todos los publicos.

Larry Gonick va vous faire aimer la génétique ! Pour ceux qui ont tout oublié, une bande dessinée bourrée d’humour qui explique, depuis les fondamentaux jusqu’aux mécanismes les plus complexes, le mo

Vos cours vous semblent ennuyeux ? Vos études sont trop lointaines ? Vous aimeriez avoir une nouvelle approche de la chimie ? Avec ce volume qui passe en revue tous les domaines de la chimie, même le

Vos cours vous semblent ennuyeux ? Vos études sont trop lointaines ? Vous aimeriez avoir une nouvelle approche des sciences physiques ? Avec ce volume qui passe en revue quelques grands domaines de cette discipline, notamment les plus pointus, revisez vos fondamentaux en vous amusant et revelez le petit genie qui sommeille en vous. Au programme, les grandes notions de la mecanique mouvements, vitesses, forces, lois de Newton, apesanteur, orbites, energies cinetique et potentielle...mais egalement les principes de base de l'electricite et du magnetisme charges, champs electriques, condensateurs, courants, circuits en serie et en parallele, aimante, induction magnetique... et quelques rappels sur la lumiere et la mecanique quantique. Des illustrations qui eclaircissent les enoncee scientifiques tout en y injectant une bonne dose d'humour. Avec ses mises en situation desopilantes ; Larry Gonick parvient a rendre la physique moderne et passionnante.

La eLa estadística en cómic abarca todos los aspectos de la estadística moderna: el análisis y la descripción de datos, las probabilidades en el juego y la medicina, las variables aleatorias, las pruebas de Bernoulli, el teorema central del limite, el contraste de hipotesis, la estimacion de intervalos de confianza y mucho mas. stadistica en comic abarca todos los aspectos de la estadistica moderna: el analisis y la descripcion de datos, las probabilidades en el juego y la medicina, las variables aleatorias, las pruebas de Bernoulli, el teorema central del limite, el contraste de hipotesis, la estimacion de intervalos de confianza y mucho mas.

An acerbic graphic takedown of capitalism In Hyper Capitalism cartoonist Larry Gonick and psychologist Tim Kasser offer a vivid and an accessible new way to understand how global privatising market worshipping hyper capitalism is threatening human wellbeing social justice and the planet Drawing from contemporary research they describe and illustrate concepts such as corporate power free trade privatisation and deregulation that are critical for understanding the world we live in and movements such as voluntary simplicity sharing alternatives to GDP and protests that have developed in response to the system Gonick and Kasser s pointed and profound cartoon narratives provide a deep exploration of the global economy and the movements seeking to change it all rendered in clear graphic and sometimes hilarious terms In the process they point the way to a healthier future for all of us

Você acha que um plano cartesiano é a mesma coisa que uma estratégia infalível? Pensa que "expressão algébrica" é um sinônimo de olhar enigmático? Acredita que Ordem das operações é um drama médico v

Heres a new installment of the phenomenal bestseller that Publishers Weekly selected as one of the twelve graphic books of all time. Spanning ages and continents from Ancient India to Rome and China in A.D. 600, Volume II is hip, funny, and full of info. B & W illustrations.

An entertaining and informative illustrated guide that makes world history accessible, appealing, and funny.

Manuel déconomie critique (et optimiste !) à lattention de tous ceux et celles qui veulent comprendre et agir dans le monde daujourdhui.Hypercapitalisme explique comment léconomie moderne, en portant

A comprehensive and illustrated 21st-century primer on the basics of economicsif you think monopsonies is just the way a drunk person says monopolies, that subsidies are cities beneath a city, or that gross domestic product refers to the manure market, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Economics to demystify the macro and micro!Award-winning, New York Times bestselling, Harvard-educated cartoonist Larry Gonick returns to supply his audiences demand with a comprehensive and illustrated primer on economics.Gonick illustrates how the seed concept of making decisions under scarcity blooms and branches into all of the ideas that make up modern economicsboth the micro concepts that describe our everyday interactions (like rational choice, game theory, and market failures) and the macro material that rules the headlines and guides government policy (like GDP, inequality, unemployment, inflation, and interest rates).In The Cartoon Guide to Economics, youll find illustrated and entertaining deep-dives into: The birth and evolution of economics, from the gift economy of cavepeople to coinage and paper money to the digitized globalism of modern times The basics of supply and demand explained via the all-important donut economy The reason why having some unemployment isnt always a bad thing (yes, reallyand no, that doesnt mean you can quit your job) Displaying the complicated mathematics of economics with crystal-clear graphs and graphicsGonicks wry wit and humorous examplescoupled with his legendary cartooning skills and bolstered by the brain of Vassar economics professor Ben Hodistill these dense and sometimes difficult topics into material thats relatable, easy to digest, and fun to read. Students and professors, as well as the casually curious, will emerge with a deeper understanding of the core principles of economics, and Gonick willsomehow, impossiblymake them laugh along the way.