New Releases by Larry Gonick

If you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart, tried to watch the Bernoulli Trails on "People''s Court," or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six states, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Statistics to put you on the road to statistical literacy. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics covers all the central ideas of modern statistics: the summary and display of data, probability in gambling and medicine, random variables, Bernoulli Trails, the Central Limit Theorem, hypothesis testing, confidence interval estimation, and much more—all explained in simple, clear, and yes, funny illustrations. Never again will you order the Poisson Distribution in a French restaurant!

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!

What? You don''t know what a Burgess is? -- You can''t outline the Monroe Doctrine? -- Recall the 14th Amendment? -- Explain the difference between a sputnik and a beatnik? Then you need The Cartoon History of the United Statesto fill those gaps. From the first English colonies to the Gulf War and the S&L debacle, Larry Gonick spells it all out from his unique cartoon perspective.

Have you ever asked yourself: Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis? Watson and Crick? Aren''t they a team of British detectives? Plant sex? Can they do that? Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of those heavy metal bands? Asparagine? Which of the four food groups is that in? Then you need The Cartoon Guide to Genetics to explain the important concepts of classical and modern genetics—it''s not only educational, it''s funny too!

For use in schools and libraries only. Humorous cartoons illustrate basic concepts in physics.

Cartoons review the history of America from the end of the Civil War up to now, and looks at important issues, events, and individuals

In stripvorm wordt een beeld gegeven van de ontwikkeling en de werking van computers. Vanaf ca. 14 jaar.

An introduction to computer science in cartoon format.