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The cartoon guide to calculus
Uses cartoons to discuss calculus, covering the basic ideas behind the field, functions, derivatives, integrals, and related topics.
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The cartoon guide to algebra
\"Covers all of algebra's essentials--including rational and real numbers, the number line, variables, expressions, laws of combination, linear and quadratic equations, rates, proportion, and graphing\"--Back cover.
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Indra's Pearls
Felix Klein, one of the great nineteenth-century geometers, discovered in mathematics an idea prefigured in Buddhist mythology: the heaven of Indra contained a net of pearls, each of which was reflected in its neighbour, so that the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl. Klein studied infinitely repeated reflections and was led to forms with multiple coexisting symmetries. For a century, these images barely existed outside the imagination of mathematicians. However, in the 1980s, the authors embarked on the first computer exploration of Klein's vision, and in doing so found many further extraordinary images. Join the authors on the path from basic mathematical ideas to the simple algorithms that create the delicate fractal filigrees, most of which have never appeared in print before. Beginners can follow the step-by-step instructions for writing programs that generate the images. Others can see how the images relate to ideas at the forefront of research.
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تعلم البيئة بالرسوم
يتناول كتاب (تعلم البيئة بالرسوم) والذي قامه بتأليفه (لاري غونيغ) في حوالي (223) صفحة من القطع المتوسط موضوع (تعلم البيئة بالرسوم) مستعرضا المحتويات التالية : هل تعرف تماما مشكلة ثقب الأوزون ؟ أو هل تعرف دورة الغذاء والماء وأهميتها على سكان الأرض ؟ أو هل سمعت عن الجهود التي تبذل والتي قد تساهم أنت فيها من أجل بيئة أفضل لك ولأولادك. إذا كان لا فأنت بحاجة إلى كتاب البيئة بالرسوم ليضعك على طريق المعرفة البيئية. يغطي هذا الكتاب المواضيع الأساسية لعلم البيئة : الحلقات الكيميائية، المجتمعات الحية، شبكات الغذاء، الزراعة، النمو البشري، مصادر الطاقة والمواد الخام، التخلص من النفايات وإعادة التدوير، المدن، التلوث، تجريد الغايات، نضوب الأوزون، والتسخين الكوني ويضعهم في إطار علم البيئة.
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Hyper-capitalism : the modern economy, its values, and how to change them
\"From the bestselling cartoonist of The Cartoon History of the Universe comes an explosive graphic takedown of capitalism. Bestselling \"overeducated cartoonist\" Larry Gonick has delighted readers for years with sharp, digestible, and hilarious accounts of everything from the history of the universe to the story of calculus. Now Gonick teams up with psychologist and scholar Tim Kasser, an expert on how happiness and values relate to our materialist society, to create an incomparable cartoon guide to what, exactly, is wrong with modern life, why we're all so miserable-and what can be done about it. Hypercapitalism is an accessible and pointed cartoon guide to the threats to humans, our society, and the environment posed by the current form of global capitalism. A primer for the post-Occupy generation, Hypercapitalism also provides a concise introduction to the thinkers (Stiglitz, Piketty, Sandel, Schor, et al.), movements (voluntary simplicity, the sharing economy, intentional communities, the time-affluence movement), and concepts (hypercapitalism, corporate power, GNP alternatives), that are critical to understanding and changing the world we live in. In pointed, profound, and entertaining cartoon narratives, the authors take readers inside the inner workings of the global economy, rendering even the most complex ideas in clear, plain--and sometimes hilarious--terms\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Integrating Evolutionary Biology into Physics Classroom: Scaling, Dimension, Form and Function
Since Galileo and (more recently) D'Arcy Thompson, it has been understood that physical processes and constraints influence biological structures and their resulting functions. However these cross-discpline connections -- and their importance to growing scientific discplines such as biophysics -- are rarely tought in introductory physics courses. Here we examine how the laws of physics shape Darwinism evolution through the surface area to volume ratio, an important geometric measure of a structure. We develop conceptual cartoon clicker questions to enhance students' understanding of these interdisciplinary concepts. By connecting abstract physical laws with biological (and technological) applications, our approach aims to help students appreciate the deep connections between physical and biological sciences, thereby enriching the learning experience in introductory physics courses.
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