The Cartoon Guide to Geometry

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Whats so funny about a trapezoid Plus, what is a trapezoid Cartoonist Larry Gonick unlocks the formula to understanding geometry in the latest entry in his New York Times bestselling Cartoon Guide series.

For years, Larry Gonicks Cartoon Guide series has helped struggling high school and college students thrive in the most challenging courses. His books on algebra, calculus, physics, history, and many other subjects have sold millions of copies across the globe. Now Gonick turns his attention to the last big mathematical subject he has not yet covered: geometry.

Moving from the most basic precepts of geometryplanes, lines, and pointsto elaborate proofs, The Cartoon Guide to Geometry is a comprehensive primer on all the essential ideas of the subject: angles, triangles, area, similarity, and yes, the Pythagorean theorem. As with Gonicks other books, the material is carefully tailored to the curriculum standards and standardized testing guidelines of the subject, ensuring that students emerge from The Cartoon Guide to Geometry with a deep grasp of the key ideas. And Gonicks lively storytelling, wit, and beautiful art ensure that students will stay engaged with the material, as complex concepts are made clear.

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In Gonicks work, clever design and illustration make complicated ideas or insights strikingly clear. New York Times Book Review Gonick is so consistently witty and clever that the reader is barely aware of being given a thorough grounding. Omni Gonick is close to being one of a kind. Discover

Author Bio

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.