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# Engaging illustrations Comprehensive content Simplified concepts The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry

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> 🧬 Chemistry Made Fun—Don’t Miss Out on the Learning Revolution!

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## Key Features

- • **Perfect for All Ages:** Whether you're a student or a curious adult, this guide is for you.
- • **Visual Learning at Its Best:** Explore vibrant illustrations that bring chemistry to life.
- • **Join the Community of Learners:** Connect with fellow enthusiasts and share your chemistry journey.
- • **Boost Your Knowledge with Humor:** Learn while you laugh—science has never been this entertaining!
- • **Unlock the Secrets of Chemistry:** Dive into complex topics made simple and fun!

## Overview

The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry is an engaging and visually appealing resource that simplifies complex chemistry concepts through humor and illustrations, making it accessible for readers of all ages.

## Description

desertcart.com: The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry: A Humorous Illustrated College-Level Course―From Solubility and the Mole to Biochemistry (Cartoon Guide Series): 9780060936778: Gonick, Larry, Criddle, Craig: Books

Review: Review of The cartoon guide to chemistry by Larry Gonick, & Craig Criddle - CITATION: Gonick, L. & Criddle, C. (2005). The cartoon guide to chemistry. New York: HarperCollins. Reviewer: Dr W. P. Palmer Can students learn chemistry through cartoons? The answer may well be ‘only with extreme difficulty’. Nonetheless, this cartoon guide could be extremely helpful promoting student learning in some areas of chemistry. The way in which students learn chemistry is very much dependent on the student’s learning style and some students will reject the concept of a cartoon guide to chemistry out of hand. However, this book could prove to be a valuable resource for most Year 11/12 students studying chemistry, though there are difficulties. Interestingly it starts with some of chemistry’s history where there are some minor errors by the authors. It was Cavendish, rather than Priestley (p. 9), who first prepared and named hydrogen and also Cavendish who discovered that hydrogen burnt to form water. Robert Boyle had prepared hydrogen much earlier, but had not identified its properties. Reflecting on the early part of the text, it is easy to see how the cartoonist’s desire to use humour to help students remember and understand chemistry could equally be responsible for student chemical misconceptions. ‘Chemical bonding’ is likened to human love and affection, for example, ‘No wonder the subject is so sexy! (p. 46). This anthropomorphism can prove to be a source of further student misconceptions. There are a variety of less well known chemical reactions chosen by the authors as examples such as living on a desert island using its natural resources in a self-sufficient manner; this was extremely innovative and showed possible practical applications of chemistry. In the areas of physical and general chemistry, the authors do a good job of providing examples of typical calculations with which students need to be familiar. Areas of descriptive chemistry in inorganic and organic chemistry are difficult as students may often be required recall the practical details of experiments that they have carried out, whereas cartoon guides need to cut descriptions to a minimum number of words. Similarly industrial chemistry may prove difficult if details of industrial processes are required. Overall, The cartoon guide to chemistry covers more than most Year 12 curricula and could find a place in some university courses. There will be teachers who dislike the approaches to some topics or find definitions incomplete, but the appeal that a cartoon approach makes to some students should override these concerns. This book really covers much general and physical chemistry well, so can be recommended as an alternative approach. BILL PALMER
Review: Fast, Fun, and Informative - Make no mistake, The Cartoon Guide To Chemistry gives you a full introductory (and then some) science textbook lesson in the danger, fun, and wonder of chemistry, but all without the aridly pedantic, tedious wording. There are a few moments where Gonick and Criddle get a little too cutesy with the humor, but the book is never overwhelmed by them. There are also those times when the math gets complex (as it has to), but fear not! Gonick also has wonderful books on Algebra, Calculus, and Physics! I've been reading Larry since the 1980s and his brilliant History of the Universe series. As a thoroughly enjoyable reference and reminder for adults, or a quick and helpful book for young people entering college, Larry Gonick is our Dr. Suess for Grown-ups.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #47,184 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #16 in Science for Kids #28 in General Chemistry #79 in Educational & Nonfiction Graphic Novels |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 720 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review of The cartoon guide to chemistry by Larry Gonick, & Craig Criddle
*by W***R on April 17, 2014*

CITATION: Gonick, L. & Criddle, C. (2005). The cartoon guide to chemistry. New York: HarperCollins. Reviewer: Dr W. P. Palmer Can students learn chemistry through cartoons? The answer may well be ‘only with extreme difficulty’. Nonetheless, this cartoon guide could be extremely helpful promoting student learning in some areas of chemistry. The way in which students learn chemistry is very much dependent on the student’s learning style and some students will reject the concept of a cartoon guide to chemistry out of hand. However, this book could prove to be a valuable resource for most Year 11/12 students studying chemistry, though there are difficulties. Interestingly it starts with some of chemistry’s history where there are some minor errors by the authors. It was Cavendish, rather than Priestley (p. 9), who first prepared and named hydrogen and also Cavendish who discovered that hydrogen burnt to form water. Robert Boyle had prepared hydrogen much earlier, but had not identified its properties. Reflecting on the early part of the text, it is easy to see how the cartoonist’s desire to use humour to help students remember and understand chemistry could equally be responsible for student chemical misconceptions. ‘Chemical bonding’ is likened to human love and affection, for example, ‘No wonder the subject is so sexy! (p. 46). This anthropomorphism can prove to be a source of further student misconceptions. There are a variety of less well known chemical reactions chosen by the authors as examples such as living on a desert island using its natural resources in a self-sufficient manner; this was extremely innovative and showed possible practical applications of chemistry. In the areas of physical and general chemistry, the authors do a good job of providing examples of typical calculations with which students need to be familiar. Areas of descriptive chemistry in inorganic and organic chemistry are difficult as students may often be required recall the practical details of experiments that they have carried out, whereas cartoon guides need to cut descriptions to a minimum number of words. Similarly industrial chemistry may prove difficult if details of industrial processes are required. Overall, The cartoon guide to chemistry covers more than most Year 12 curricula and could find a place in some university courses. There will be teachers who dislike the approaches to some topics or find definitions incomplete, but the appeal that a cartoon approach makes to some students should override these concerns. This book really covers much general and physical chemistry well, so can be recommended as an alternative approach. BILL PALMER

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fast, Fun, and Informative
*by F***E on November 30, 2018*

Make no mistake, The Cartoon Guide To Chemistry gives you a full introductory (and then some) science textbook lesson in the danger, fun, and wonder of chemistry, but all without the aridly pedantic, tedious wording. There are a few moments where Gonick and Criddle get a little too cutesy with the humor, but the book is never overwhelmed by them. There are also those times when the math gets complex (as it has to), but fear not! Gonick also has wonderful books on Algebra, Calculus, and Physics! I've been reading Larry since the 1980s and his brilliant History of the Universe series. As a thoroughly enjoyable reference and reminder for adults, or a quick and helpful book for young people entering college, Larry Gonick is our Dr. Suess for Grown-ups.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book
*by V***N on July 24, 2024*

My 8 year old read the whole book in three days. He really enjoyed it, especially with cartoon it become much easier to understand. He also finished the Genetic book. I bought the whole series for him

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