[PDF] Cartoon Guide To Genetics eBook

Author : Larry Gonick
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 12,60 MB
Release : 1991-08-14
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780062730992

GET BOOK

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!

Author : Larry Gonick
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 26,99 MB
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780062398659

GET BOOK

From New York Times bestselling author Larry Gonick and Davidson College biology professor David Wessner comes this comprehensive and humorous cartoon guide to topics in biology. Did you faint when your middle school science teacher asked you to dissect a frog? Do you think DNA stands for “Don’t Know the Answer”? Do you still cling to the belief that osmosis was the name of Ozzy Osbourne’s last tour? If you said yes to any of these questions—or even if you didn’t—then you need The Cartoon Guide to Biology. The latest from New York Times bestselling author Larry Gonick—writing with Davidson College biology professor David Wessner—is a hilarious and informative handbook to the science of life. From the inner workings of the cell, to the magic of gene expression, to the Krebs and Calvin cycles, to sexual and asexual reproduction, The Cartoon Guide to Biology uses simple, clear, humorous illustrations to make biology’s most complex concepts understandable and entertaining. Whether you’re peering into the microscope for the first time or brushing up after decades of de-evolution, this book has you covered.

Author : Larry Gonick
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 1993-07-14
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 0062731025

GET BOOK

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!

Author : Larry Gonick
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 2005-05-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 0060936770

GET BOOK

If you have ever suspected that "heavy water" is the title of a bootleg Pink Floyd album, believed that surface tension is an anxiety disorder, or imagined that a noble gas is the result of a heavy meal at Buckingham Palace, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry to set you on the road to chemical literacy. You don't need to be a scientist to grasp these and many other complex ideas, because The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry explains them all: the history and basics of chemistry, atomic theory, combustion, solubility, reaction stoichiometry, the mole, entropy, and much more—all explained in simple, clear, and yes, funny illustrations. Chemistry will never be the same!

Author : Larry Gonick
Publisher : Collins Reference
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 26,67 MB
Release : 1996-03-15
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780062732743

GET BOOK

Do you think that the Ozone Hole is a grunge rock club? Or that the Food Web is an on-line restaurant guide? Or that the Green Revolution happened in Greenland? Then you need The Cartoon Guide to the Environment to put you on the road to environmental literacy. The Cartoon Guide to the Environment covers the main topics of environmental science: chemical cycles, life communities, food webs, agriculture, human population growth, sources of energy and raw materials, waste disposal and recycling, cities, pollution, deforestation, ozone depletion, and global warming—and puts them in the context of ecology, with discussions of population dynamics, thermodynamics, and the behavior of complex systems.

Author : Charlotte K. Omoto
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 29,81 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 0231130139

GET BOOK

Uses nontechnical language to introduce the basic concepts of genetic science and genetic technology, covering such topics as the mechanics of cloning, Mendelian traits in humans, gene regulation, and the use of bacteria as protein factories.

Author : Larry Gonnick
Publisher : Harper Paperbacks
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 30,33 MB
Release : 1991-09-03
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780062730978

GET BOOK

A fun and easy way to learn about computers, now redesigned to match the other cartoon guides. Illustrated with cartoons throughout.

Author : Larry Gonick
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781417692859

GET BOOK

Provides a humorous introduction to the fundamental principles of genetics, including inheritance, mutation, DNA, and gene splicing

Author : Mark Schultz
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 18,31 MB
Release : 2009-01-23
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780809089475

GET BOOK

Learn about the fundamentals of human DNA and evolution in clear, simple language.

Author : Larry Gonick
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 29,11 MB
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0062191594

GET BOOK

A complete—and completely enjoyable—new illustrated guide to calculus Master cartoonist Larry Gonick has already given readers the history of the world in cartoon form. Now, Gonick, a Harvard-trained mathematician, offers a comprehensive and up-to-date illustrated course in first-year calculus that demystifies the world of functions, limits, derivatives, and integrals. Using clear and helpful graphics—and delightful humor to lighten what is frequently a tough subject—he teaches all of the essentials, with numerous examples and problem sets. For the curious and confused alike, The Cartoon Guide to Calculus is the perfect combination of entertainment and education—a valuable supplement for any student, teacher, parent, or professional.