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The Cartoon Guide to Physics
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The Cartoon Guide to Physics
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by Larry Gonick
Sales Rank : 11346
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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Collins December 18, 1991
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062731009
ISBN-13: 978-0062731005
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
Product Review
It's been said that before physics students can fly with Feynman they need to walk with Halliday and Resnick. Those of us who are still toddling along, however, need Larry Gonick. Gonick's characteristically quirky drawings are teamed with physicist Art Huffman's prose to produce lessons like this: picture Sir Isaac Newton driving a Mack truck labeled "Big Inertia." Ike is talking into a CB radio, saying: "Breaker one nine: force overcomes inertia and produces acceleration. Do you read?" As the jacket copy says, "If you think a negative charge is something that shows up on your credit-card bill--if you imagine that Ohm's law dictates how long to meditate--if you believe that Newtonian mechanics will fix your car," here's the book for you. --Mary Ellen Curtin
Product Review
"Gonick is close to being one of a kind." -- --Discover
"Gonick is close to being one of a kind." -- Discover
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