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The Cartoon Guide to Physics
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Cartoon Guide to Physics
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Larry Gonick
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| Series | Cartoon Guide Series |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:224 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 187 |
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| Category/Genre | General
Physics |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780062731005
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| Classifications | Dewey:530.0207 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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| Imprint |
William Morrow Paperbacks
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| Publication Date |
22 July 1999 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
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!
Author Biography
Larry Gonick has been creating comics that explain history, science, and other big subjects for more than forty years. He wrote his first guide, Blood from a Stone: A Cartoon Guide to Tax Reform, in 1977. He has been a calculus instructor at Harvard (where he earned his BA and MA in mathematics) and a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and he is staff cartoonist for Muse magazine.
Reviews"Gonick is close to being one of a kind.""-- Discover"
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