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The Cartoon Guide to Physics (Cartoon Guide Series) Paperback – December 18, 1991

by Larry Gonick (Author), Art Huffman (Author)
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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 -- you need The Cartoon Guide to Physics to set you straight.

You don't have to be a scientist to grasp these and many other complex ideas, because The Cartoon Guide to Physics explains them all: velocity, acceleration, explosions, electricity and magnetism, circuits -- even a taste of relativity theory -- and much more, in simple, clear, and, yes, funny illustrations. Physics will never be the same!

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Customers find the book great for learning basic physics concepts in an engaging way. They describe it as an interesting and enjoyable read for kids who like comic book style reading. Readers appreciate the humor and find it a fun way to understand challenging concepts. The book is considered a good gift for future scientists or engineers, and it appeals to both kids and adults. Many customers consider it worth the money.

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87 customers mention "Learning value"81 positive6 negative

Customers find the book helpful for learning the basics in a fun and informative way. It provides an enjoyable presentation of scientific concepts in a systematic way. Many reviewers mention it's a great way to introduce a topic to kids and adults, providing a quick and unthreatening introduction to the major.

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"...This could provide several students or adults a quick, unthreatening introduction and overview to the major precepts of Physics. So that's..." Read more

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"...It's taught from a basic perspective so it's easy to understand even for beginners. My daughter is very bright and adapted quickly...." Read more

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Customers find the book easy to read and engaging for kids who like comic book style reading. They say it's a great product and recommend it as a leisure read for physics.

"...This one was just right. I purchased this after reading that it was written as a high school and college study book in one of the reviews here...." Read more

"...She didn't do any of the example work, but she enjoyed the book and I think it was a perfect introduction as she moves into high school...." Read more

"...I have to say it is very interesting and I read two chapters in one setting and I fell that I understand better what my son has been trying to..." Read more

"...Incredibly, he read all the way through it! He has always been interested in physics, and has often asked me questions about it...." Read more

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Customers find the book engaging and fun for kids. They say it presents challenging concepts in an entertaining way that sticks in their memory. The pictures are enjoyable to look at and the presentation is useful for refreshing physics knowledge. Many readers mention it's a great Christmas gift for math and physics enthusiasts.

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Customers enjoy the humor in the book. They find it a simple and humorous way to understand basic concepts.

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  • Ed T.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2024
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    Great for learning the basics in cartoon format.
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  • MommyTiger
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to Physics for the short attention span
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2011
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    My son has a strong interest in science and two years ago at Christmas I was looking for a book on physics that would appeal to him. The textbooks that I'd looked at were too dry and formal, the ones for kids too simple. This one was just right. I purchased this after reading that it was written as a high school and college study book in one of the reviews here. He'd already had an introduction to physics from reading Basher's little book on it (Physics, Why Matter Matters), but he wanted something more challenging that gave him more information. He was really happy when he got this book and he carried this book around for months, reading it. I liked that concepts I'd never been able to grasp before were explained in a way that I could understand (with a cartoon drawing to help make it more clear). This dog-eared book has finally been put on the bookshelf, but I expect he'll pull it out to read it one more time again before too long. Since he was 8 years old when he got this we didn't focus on the mathematical equations related to the physics concepts much, although we did talk through many of them when reading together.

    Also, just because it has cartoons doesn't mean it was written for children. This isn't a little kid's book and some of the reviewers seemed disappointed by that fact - but that is exactly why I bought it.
    25 people found this helpful
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  • Dave Gingerich
    4.0 out of 5 stars A quick introduction or overview
    Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2008
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    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 find much anything really outstanding or significant but you will probably enjoy reading this highly useful and entertaining presentation. The light-hearted perspective may provide physics-literate readers several new ideas on how to explain fundamental physics to "lay-persons".
    For instance, I've provided this text and a couple of others to high schoolers thinking of enrolling in AP Physics. This could provide several students or adults a quick, unthreatening introduction and overview to the major precepts of Physics.
    So that's where I recommend this book be used ... as a quick, non-threatening overview for adults or young people who want the quick 50,000-foot view of college or AP Physics presented in an understandable and humorous fashion that they can get through in one or two sittings.
    And finally, for the physics-literate it provides several examples of how you might approach explaining some of the tenets of physics to other people who, ... let's say were once or still are frightened away from this subject because of a previous presentation they found much too daunting.
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  • cteno4
    5.0 out of 5 stars gonick is the man!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2013
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    Larry Gonick is a genius at teaching. his fun drawing style and light sense of humor help bring entry level content on topics many have hated in a way they can get into w/o realizing they are learning! i have a phd in molecular biology and also do museum exhibit design and can see both sides of the content and its delivery and the man just knows how to reach folks intuitively then feed them lots of great content to make a hated topic for them fun again. My wife never had physics and this was perfect for her to get the basics. ive given the statistics books to many folks who hated stats and never got it and they all were amazed at how easy it actually was! his history books have a bit of very light irreverent humor, but this puts things in a way to make you think about history, not just learn names and dates, and by thinking about it you LEARN something from history useful for the future.

    he also is a great story teller so lessons have some sort of character and story usually associated with them or bit of humor, something that helps the mind recall the facts and concepts much more easily than just them given blandly on their own.

    Any of his books are a wonderful gift to anyone who wants to learn a bit about a subject they were scared of or hated and enjoy it. makes the for dummies books look dumb! these are the next best thing to having a great teacher with you!
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  • irondori
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!- daughter loved it
    Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2019
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    I bought this for my 13-year-old daughter who enjoyed her physics lesson in her GT 8th-grade class. She sat down and read most of the book. She didn't do any of the example work, but she enjoyed the book and I think it was a perfect introduction as she moves into high school. I think anyone who needs to learn the basics of physics would benefit. It's taught from a basic perspective so it's easy to understand even for beginners. My daughter is very bright and adapted quickly. Because it arrived the last week of school, she wasn't motivated to do more than look at it, but she actually took the time to go through the entire book over the next 2 weeks. The illustrations are entertaining and very effective. The explanations are clear and I definitely recommend it.
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  • Dawna Lowe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2013
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    I bought this to use with my 10th graders math he is using life of Fred Elementary Physics and really enjoys it but when I ask him about what he is learning I have no idea if he is right or not so really I bought this to explain to me a non-science thinking person what he is studying. I have to say it is very interesting and I read two chapters in one setting and I fell that I understand better what my son has been trying to explain to me. I think I will have him read it also so that he can use references from it to tell me what he is learning. I think this would be great for homeschoolers from 7th grade and up. Or to help if you are taking a high school physics class.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good Condition
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2024
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    Excellent refresher
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  • Mika M.
    1.0 out of 5 stars Conteúdo invertido, qualidade horrível, possível plágio
    Reviewed in Brazil on September 26, 2020
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    Tenho vários livros do Gonick em quadrinhos, este aqui, em particular, veio com muitas falhas na impressão:
    1. todas as páginas pares invertidas com as ímpares!
    2. conteúdo com baixíssima resolução, pior do que uma xerox da esquina
    3. papel péssimo
    Completamente diferente da qualidade de impressão dos demais livros dessa série.

    Provavelmente é algum tipo de plágio ou coisa parecida, acho quase impossível a HarperCollins produzir algo tão grotesco.
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    Mika M.
    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Conteúdo invertido, qualidade horrível, possível plágio

    Reviewed in Brazil on September 26, 2020
    Tenho vários livros do Gonick em quadrinhos, este aqui, em particular, veio com muitas falhas na impressão:
    1. todas as páginas pares invertidas com as ímpares!
    2. conteúdo com baixíssima resolução, pior do que uma xerox da esquina
    3. papel péssimo
    Completamente diferente da qualidade de impressão dos demais livros dessa série.

    Provavelmente é algum tipo de plágio ou coisa parecida, acho quase impossível a HarperCollins produzir algo tão grotesco.
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  • Riandiere
    5.0 out of 5 stars Jamais déçu par cet auteur : SUPER !
    Reviewed in France on March 1, 2021
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    Jamais déçu par cet auteur : SUPER !
    Merci
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  • AF
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo libro a fumetti il lingua inglese.
    Reviewed in Italy on April 29, 2020
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    Questo è un ottimo libro a fumetti il lingua inglese.
    La fisica è presentata in maniera molto accurata e divertente.
    I testi sono facili da tradurre anche se in lingua inglese.
    Consigliato.
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  • Srividhya Sankaran
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in India on June 1, 2019
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    Great book for physics lovers
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