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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


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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPerennial (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 (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,165 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as The Cartoon History of the Universe, June 28, 2000
By Primoz Peterlin (Ljubljana, Slovenia) - See all my reviews
I was delighted when some time ago I received two volumes of Larry Gonick's Cartoon History of the Universe as a present from a friend. It is absolutely hilarious! Being a physicist, I considered it a must to add Cartoon Guide to Physics to my Larry Gonick collection.

However, I was disappointed. The guide indeed tries to cover a significant amount of the usual high-school physics course - mechanics, electricity and magnetism (missing are thermodynamics and optics) - but it is not really as charmingly funny as the Cartoon History of the Universe. As a physicist, I can assure you that the problem does not lie in the simple fact that the history is more interesting topic than physics - physics is plenty interesting, thank you! But the desired blend between the textbook and the cartoon resulted in something that is not educational enough to actually learn something from it and too boring to make a good cartoon.

Trying to find some bright spot, I am happy to report I have not discovered any major flops in the science part of the book. Also, I believe the book actually becomes somewhat more interesting toward the end. But then again, if I would have to choose between, say, the chapter on relativity and Joseph Schwartz's Einstein for Beginners, I would probably opt for the latter.

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45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Gonick strikes again, October 19, 2001
This is my third Cartoon Guide, and was purchased after CG to Stats and CG to Genetics. I'm convinced now that I'll just have to buy every single one of Gonicks's guides.

Whenever possible, I have avoided physics classes--they scare me--which is difficult to do. But knowing this, I became obsessed with facing my fear and picked up this book (and a few others). I wasn't disappointed. Although it wasn't as easy to follow his other two books (perhaps because I'm more familiar with the subject of the other two books), it made physics more interesting, and less scary. I was able to reread sections and then cross reference them with a 'real' physics text until I got the point.

I'm still no physicist, and I never will be. But I've got a basic grasp now that I didn't have before, and can understand the simple physics of the world around me. However, the biggest kudo I can give to this book is this: I've enrolled in a physics course at the local university--a course I don't *have* to take but want to take. It's something I never would have done without this book easing my fears and taking the mystery out of the subject.

Bravo Gonick! Where's the Cartoon Guide to the Quantum Theory?! We're waiting....

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars LEARNING PHYSICS CAN BE FUN, March 8, 1999
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I have a degree in Physics from 37 years ago and picked this book up after browsing for a few minutes. The book is GREAT, OUTSTANDING, FUN TO READ, WELL ORGANIZED and EXPLAINS a lot about the every day physics we live in. This book is a must for students interested in learning more about physics. I am going to buy a couple of other titles by this author for my library.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for those who need something a little non-traditional...
I had to get this book for my Intro Physics class. It's a good book and it's great at getting the basic ideas across. It's not your average text-book by any means though. Read more
Published 4 days ago by R. Alexander

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful, but not necessary
This book is very useful to get an overview of the different concepts presented in Physics, but it is not a stand alone text. The cartoons are funny and memorable though.
Published 12 days ago by Barnabus III

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for what it is
This book actually deals with some tricky stuff. I read it over the summer before I took my first difficult class in physics, and it helped a lot. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Scora

5.0 out of 5 stars simple, and all you need to remember for life
Simply enough this book has a great review of general physics that leaves out things you want remember-it has simple formulas that you can recall just because of the funny... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Wesley Cearley

1.0 out of 5 stars Difficult guide to Physics
I bought 3 of Larry Gonicks cartoon books History of the universe, Cartoon guide to Physics and Chemistry. All 3 books are very difficult to read. Read more
Published 8 months ago by T. Loh

4.0 out of 5 stars A quick introduction or overview
I really enjoy this brief introduction to most of the important fundamentals of Physics. If you have any physics background (I have an undergraduate degree in physics) you won't... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Dave Gingerich

4.0 out of 5 stars A great example of the possibilities for sequential art
Gornick has done a pretty good job of using sequential art (i.e., comics) to explain difficult abstractions. I purchased this text to help my research about comics and teaching. Read more
Published 23 months ago by S. Hanson

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for anyone struggling with general physics concepts
This book was one of our text books in my introductory physics course in college. If you are struggling with general physics, this book is for you. Read more
Published on June 5, 2007 by twystd

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not a text-book. Definitely funny!
Some books make you laugh out loud, and this is one of them.

If you are 'into' physics then you'll probably find it funnier, but I've seen it bring a smile to the... Read more
Published on January 5, 2007 by Ravi Kapoor

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!
I was a lousy science major in high school. Looking back, I have no idea why I chose the subject I did anyway. Read more
Published on November 3, 2006 by Linus Wallin

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