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The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra Paperback – Illustrated, May 1, 2012

by Shin Takahashi (Author), Iroha Inoue (Author), Co Ltd Trend (Author)

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Reiji wants two things in life: a black belt in karate and Misa, the girl of his dreams. Luckily, Misa's big brother is the captain of the university karate club and is ready to strike a deal: Reiji can join the club if he tutors Misa in linear algebra.

Follow along in The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra as Reiji takes Misa from the absolute basics of this tricky subject through mind-bending operations like performing linear transformations, calculating determinants, and finding eigenvectors and eigenvalues. With memorable examples like miniature golf games and karate tournaments, Reiji transforms abstract concepts into something concrete, understandable, and even fun.

As you follow Misa through her linear algebra crash course, you'll learn about:
–Basic vector and matrix operations such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication
–Linear dependence, independence, and bases
–Using Gaussian elimination to calculate inverse matrices
–Subspaces, dimension, and linear span
–Practical applications of linear algebra in fields like computer graphics, cryptography, and engineering

But Misa's brother may get more than he bargained for as sparks start to fly between student and tutor. Will Reiji end up with the girl—or just a pummeling from her oversized brother? Real math, real romance, and real action come together like never before in The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra.

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264 pages
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No Starch Press
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May 1, 2012
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7 x 0.67 x 9.25 inches
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1593274130
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978-1593274139
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“Highly recommended.”
—Choice Magazine on The Manga Guide to Databases

“Stimulus for the next generation of scientists.”
—Scientific Computing on The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology

“A great fit of form and subject. Recommended.”
—Otaku USA Magazine on The Manga Guide to Physics

“The Manga Guides definitely have a place on my bookshelf.”
—Smithsonian’s "Surprising Science"

“The art is charming and the humor engaging. A fun and fairly painless lesson on what many consider to be a less-than-thrilling subject.”
—School Library Journal on The Manga Guide to Statistics

“A single tortured cry will escape the lips of every thirty something biochem major who sees The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology: ‘Why, oh why couldn’t this have been written when I was in college?’”
—The San Francisco Examiner

About the Author

Shin Takahashi was born 1972 in Niigata. He received a master's degree from Kyushu Institute of Design (known as Kyushu University today). Having previously worked both as an analyst and as a seminar leader, he is now an author specializing in technical literature

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Publisher : No Starch Press; 1st edition (May 1, 2012)
Language : English
Paperback : 264 pages
ISBN-10 : 1593274130
ISBN-13 : 978-1593274139
Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 0.67 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #317,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #60 in Linear Algebra (Books)
- #8,241 in Manga Comics & Graphic Novels

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KBurns

Great for R coding concepts

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018

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I have been learning how to code in R and needed to brush up on my Algebra. R is linear algebra and statistics based coding so while I don't need to write out the formulas and solve for them, this was a great and fun way to connect the dots. It's really helping me understand the concepts behind the coding language. I would recommend this for anyone who is in the same situation.

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Emily Bourie

Skeptical at first, but very worthy supplement for conceptualizing

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2018

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Came across this title at our public library and thought it was so adorable that, why not buy it for my 17 y/o daughter? It was affordable, and it had been years since Algebra 2, I figured, it might make a good supplement; I'm not a maths person and I just wanted an excuse to buy the book.
My daughter was not impressed. "It's just algebra with matrices, Mom."
By the time it arrived she had made it 3 lessons into MIT Open courseware (our community college does not offer linear algebra) and felt no need at all for the book, but she thumbed through it, and actually found it interesting enough to start reading. She quickly found it so intriguing and great for conceptualizing that she ended up taking a time-out from the course so as to finish the book. She strongly endorses it.
I suspect that the maths student who would enjoy this book would be one who is well on her way and is just looking for a supplement, but if one is hitting up against the ceiling, this comic book probably won't help.

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UltraMuffin

Goofy and Modest but Incredibly Lucid

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2014

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The preface of this book states that it is "meant as a complement to other, more comprehensive literature, not as a substitute." It would of course be wise of me to agree with this statement, but I'm tempted not to. I have my reasons.

I took Linear Algebra in college as part of my Computer Science curriculum. Having persisted through three semesters of Calculus by will power alone, and having heard horror stories about Linear Algebra, I duly invested the effort required to get a decent grade. With that hurdle behind me, thus completing my mathematics requirements, I focused the rest of my college thoughts exclusively on computers until the last residual matrix reduced to null in the outer reaches of my mind space. I was free!

But then the unexpected happened. Years later, firmly settled into my minimal-math computing career, an intermittent musing continued to flounder about in the back of my brain. "What is Linear Algebra? Why don't I feel like I learned anything?" I eventually realized that my course's extraordinary emphasis on crunching numbers, solving simplistic problems, and working out proofs had left a giant void in my conceptual understanding of the topic. If somebody had asked me at that time what Linear Algebra is and what it's good for, my response would have been a face slowly contorting into frustration.

When I stumbled upon The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra, I just knew I had to read it. In addition to the unabated glee that came from broadcasting such a ridiculous selection to my Goodreads comrades, I thought, "Maybe these Japanese cartoons can teach me what the university failed to?" If I learned a little bit about martial arts and love in the process, so be it.

This book exceeded my expectations. It's absurd and unassuming, and these two things combine to make it impossible to put down. I was knee deep in matrices before the "What the heck am I reading?" factor wore off. And to my delight, I found myself understanding matrix and vector algebra in a more intuitive way thanks to the book's highly visual presentation of darn near everything.

It's this latter point that makes the book so effective. It's a comic book about math. There are no rules. Whatever is proper in a math textbook - whether it's visual consistency, formal language, or being rigidly organized, compartmentalized, and sterilized - this is of no concern to Misa as she works around Reiji's karate schedule to tutor him on eigenvectors. There's no pressure for it to conform to comic book conventions, either. Every chapter concludes with several pages of math, sans the comic flair.

While this is not a substitute to "comprehensive literature," it may in fact be good enough to get the job done. The proof is in the purin. I've recently ventured into the 3D video game programming landscape, and I'm using vector and matrix math concepts to solve some fairly sophisticated problems of my own creation, a feat that would have been virtually impossible without the intuitive understanding I gleaned from this book.

So what is this book, then? To my mind, it's simply the most effective way to convey the conceptual framework of Linear Algebra. It's not a textbook. There are no homework problems. But, then again, cranking through problems with a pencil and paper won't necessarily get you any closer to understanding what it's all about. Besides, can't computers do that?

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LooLoo

Great series

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019

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My daughter has nearly all these books, and as an algebra student this was the next natural book to buy her. We love manga, and educational manga hits multiple check marks. The art is good, and fun, but the information is a solid supplement.

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Kendra Lynne

Visualizing Linear Algebra

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2013

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I was an incoming graduate student in engineering with no formal linear algebra course when I bought this book. My roommate had a different book from this series and loved it, so I figured I'd give it a try, especially since I read manga so often anyway.

Really love this book. The manga starts with a girl who needs help getting through her linear algebra course, so her sibling arranges a tutor for her. What I love about this set-up is that
(1) you feel like you're getting a teacher because the tutor talks things out and asks/answers conceptual questions and
(2) she asks side questions and pauses when confused (and sometimes I was right along with her).

Even having finally taken a LA course, this book does a really good job of giving all of the variables and terminology meaning beyond simple matrices and equations. I would definitely recommend reading this while taking your LA course, it ties everything together so well.

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Math comic book!

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2015

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Math teacher, here. I have never seen a kid pick up a math book "just because", but all of the kids that come to our house and see this book will pick it up and just start reading. It is written like a comic book, which makes learning fun. I still do not see them pick up a pencil to try the activities, but they at least start asking questions.

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Christian

This far superior than many of the teachers at my college as ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2017

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This book truly exemplifies what understanding and simplification of complex topics should be. This far superior than many of the teachers at my college as they truly are able to apply the knowledge in simple ways which demonstrates mastery over the topic. Furthermore the way that it develops along a story also potentializes the learning curve as you find yourself more engaged.

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Squalltheff8

Greatest Textbook

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2013

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This is a great textbook. Most textbooks are very boring, but this one does a great job of telling a story and helps the reader learn in the process. I strongly encourage any person wanting to learn a bit of Linear Algebra to check this book out. For those of you who are taking Linear Algebra for a class I recommend this book as a compliment to your class textbook (Which is why I bought it). This company also produced a variety of other manga guides which I would also recommend checking out if your one of those who likes to dabble in a variety of subjects.

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Faith

Better than a university course.

Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2018

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My girlfriend studies computer science. I study English (but I'm a hobbyist when it comes to compsci.) While she took her linear algebra course during first year, I bought this book and read it. She nearly failed the course. Me, on the other hand, learned pretty much everything there is to know about lin/alg. Not kidding. I tried problems from her curriculum and was able to solve them without too much difficulty, whereas she did.

Buy this book. It's worth it. I finished it in a day (basically the entire day, including checking online for problems that I could try solving.) Story is cute too, I love manga :)

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Balaji MV

Manga style

Reviewed in India on February 17, 2019

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With this, I have 4 books in the Manga series and all of them are very good. Quick and easy to read. Gives concepts effectively and good for a machine learning practitioner. Linear algebra is quite interesting and this book makes it more.

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Raúl López Muñoz

Descripción

Reviewed in Mexico on September 12, 2019

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Un libro muy didáctico, con ejemplos geniales para emprender como para emplear como docente/instructor, da pequeños tropiezos para explicar unos temas pero bueno tampoco es una tarea fácil hacerlo. En general un excelente libro.

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Ignacio

Muy bueno

Reviewed in Spain on March 22, 2013

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Encuadernación: Buena

Idioma: Inglés. Asequible. En las historietas usa un inglés de la calle, fresco pero inteligible. En las explicaciones usa un inglés correcto y claro, todo muy bien explicado.

Cómic: Dibujos muy, muy buenos, y la historia que sustenta las explicaciones es muy, muy buena.

Contenido-Temario: Empieza con cosas muy simples y básicas, luego entra de lleno con matrices, las operaciones básicas, y va subiendo de nivel hasta distintas formas de obtener la matriz inversa, determinantes etc. Lo mejor de los dos capítulos de matrices es que los esquemas y la forma de enseñarlo es muy clara y explicativa, se pueden seguir sin lápiz ni papel, pero es conveniente tenerlos, para rehacer los ejemplos, y es entonces cuando se adquiere el asombro de ver que todo es bastante fácil. Los dos capítulos dedicados a vectores siguen ese esquema de ser todo muy claro, con ejemplos muy bien organizados, y de complicación ascendente, y de nuevo con el objetivo de que se pillen los conceptos, las ideas, que no sólo se aprendan rutinas de cálculo. Los dos últimos capítulos están dedicados a transformaciones lineales, y autovalores-autovectores. Nunca los había visto explicados de esa forma tan simple, donde se pilla enseguida el sentido de los cálculos.

Libro obligatorio para el que vaya a tener en la universidad una asignatura de álgebra. Hay que echarle tiempo, no es un tebeo. Si se trabaja este libro, se tiene mucho adelantado.

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Meh

Reviewed in India on December 24, 2020

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Recommended for beginners only. And as someone who reads a lot of manga, reading it from left to right felt unnatural. Calling it a comic would have been better. Anyways, a right to left version of this book would be nice.

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