Review of Comic Books Teaching Statistics

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Post by rayvega » Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 12:58 AM UTC

Review of Comic Books Teaching Statistics
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Re: Review of Comic Books Teaching Statistics

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Post by devnonymous » Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 3:54 AM UTC

Nice reviews. I've read and enjoyed Larry Gonick's Cartoon History of the Universe series. I think the comics medium has the ability to makes technical subjects approachable and light and would love to see more such 'comics introduction to ...' books ! Does anyone know of such comics for computer related subjects ?

Re: Review of Comic Books Teaching Statistics

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Post by billpollock » Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 5:42 AM UTC

You'll find several other Manga Guides to math and science here: http://www.nostarch.com/manga

Re: Review of Comic Books Teaching Statistics

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Post by psibi » Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 10:50 AM UTC

devnonymous wrote: post #2

Nice reviews. I've read and enjoyed Larry Gonick's Cartoon History of the Universe series. I think the comics medium has the ability to makes technical subjects approachable and light and would love to see more such 'comics introduction to ...' books ! Does anyone know of such comics for computer related subjects ?

I find Head first series from O'Reily quite enjoyable.

Re: Review of Comic Books Teaching Statistics

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Post by NAFV_P » Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 1:17 PM UTC

billpollock wrote: post #3

You'll find several other Manga Guides to math and science here: http://www.nostarch.com/manga

Yeah, I found this old chestnut:

http://www.nostarch.com/assembly2.htm

Re: Review of Comic Books Teaching Statistics

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Post by figital » Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 2:41 PM UTC

devnonymous wrote: post #2

Nice reviews. I've read and enjoyed Larry Gonick's Cartoon History of the Universe series. I think the comics medium has the ability to makes technical subjects approachable and light and would love to see more such 'comics introduction to ...' books ! Does anyone know of such comics for computer related subjects ?

Gonick & Smith remarkably make statistics fun and even easy to explain to other people. So glad I stumbled into it at a garage sale a few years ago. I should pick up their other books ASAP.