About the Book
A refreshingly humorous but thorough guide to general calculus from the author of the bestselling Cartoon Guide to Physics.
In The Cartoon Guide To Calculus, master cartoonist and former Harvard calculus instructor Larry Gonick offers a complete and up-to-date illustrated course in collegelevel calculus. Using graphics and humor to lighten what is frequently a tough subject, Gonick entertainingly teaches all of the course essentials, including functions, limits, and derivatives, as well as more advanced integrals, series, and convergence tests.
He concludes with a quick but thorough look at the theoretical basis and history of calculus, including atomism, continuity, paradox, and doubts about the foundations of mathematics. Combining entertainment and education, this is the perfect supplement for any study of calculus, whether readers are high school or college students, independent learners, or just lovers of Larry Gonick’s bestselling, award-winning cartoon guides.
About The Author:
Larry Gonick has been creating comics that explain history, science, and other big subjects for over
thirty years--he wrote his first guide in 1971: Blood From a Stone: A Cartoon Guide to Tax Reform. He is an award winning cartoonist and is considered the father of cartoon nonfiction. He has been a calculus professor at Harvard, a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT and is currently staff cartoonist for Muse magazine.