Larry Gonick, master cartoonist, former Harvard instructor, and creator of the New York Times bestselling, Harvey Award-winning Cartoon Guide series now does for calculus what he previously did for science and history: making a complex subject comprehensible, fascinating, and fun through witty text and light-hearted graphics. Gonick’s The Cartoon Guide to Calculus is a refreshingly humorous, remarkably thorough guide to general calculus that, like his earlier Cartoon Guide to Physics and Cartoon History of the Modern World, will prove a boon to students, educators, and eager learners everywhere.
Author(s): Larry Gonick
Series: Cartoon Guide Series
Publisher: William Morrow
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 259
Tags: Calculus
Cover......Page 2
Praise for Larry Gonick and His Work......Page 4
Also by Larry Gonick......Page 7
Title Page......Page 8
Copyright Page......Page 9
Contents......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Initial Conditions......Page 13
Speed, Velocity, Change......Page 14
Meet the Functions......Page 24
Limits......Page 66
The Derivative......Page 90
Chain, Chain, Chain......Page 114
Using Derivatives, Part 1: Related Rates......Page 130
Using Derivatives, Part 2: Optimization......Page 138
Acting Locally......Page 158
The Mean Value Theorem......Page 168
Introducing Integration......Page 174
Antiderivatives......Page 182
The Definite Integral......Page 190
Fundamentally......Page 200
Shape-Shifting Integrals......Page 208
Using Integrals......Page 218
What’s Next?......Page 242
Index......Page 246
About the Author......Page 256
See What You Can Learn with Cartoons!......Page 257
