基本信息
书名：The Cartoon Guide to Algebra 漫画代数
作者：Larry Gonick
出版社名称：William Morrow
出版时间：2015
语种：英文
ISBN：9780062202697
商品尺寸：18.7 x 1.8 x 23.4 cm
包装：平装
页数：234

编辑推荐
The Cartoon Guide to Algebra《漫画代数》出版于2015年，是美国科学家、漫画家拉里?戈尼克所创作的科学漫画系列的新作品。
推荐理由：
1.趣味性强，有利于提高学生的学习兴趣；
2.生动有趣，全书采用漫画故事的形式，学习不再枯燥无味；
3.学以致用，采用“原理+公式+举例”学习模式，利于掌握；
4.语言简单易懂，知识浅显有趣，符合大学生的学习需求；
5.同样适合教师借鉴教学手法，实现更高效率的教学活动。
Do you think that a Cartesian plane is a luxury jetliner? Does the phrase “algebraic expression” leave you with a puzzled look? Do you believe that the Order of Operations is an Emmy-winning medical drama? Then you need The Cartoon Guide to Algebra to put you on the road to algebraic literacy.

内容简介
The Cartoon Guide to Algebra《漫画代数》出自美国科学家、漫画家拉里?戈尼克所创作的科学漫画系列。透过漫画式的情境说明，让你边看故事边学知识，每读完一篇就能理解一个概念，每一部分还附有文字说明，只要跟着这些简单的习题进行操练，你将能在短时间内修炼成代数达人！
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—with clear, funny, and easy-to-understand illustrations, making algebra’s many practical applications come alive. This latest math guide from New York Times bestselling Larry Gonick is an essential supplement for students of all levels, in high school, college, and beyond. School’s most dreaded subject has never been more fun.

作者简介
拉里?戈尼克（Larry Gonick）以一系列的科学漫画绘本而闻名世界。他的绘本作品，不仅有介绍宇宙科学的，更有介绍美国历史的。另外，他还曾与一些其他的作者合作，创作了介绍人文知识方面的绘本。由于赖瑞广泛的兴趣以及他所创作的书籍带来的成就，美国“探索”频道曾将他报道为“揭露宇宙秘密的漫画艺术家”。
Larry Gonick is a cartoonist best known for The Cartoon History of the Universe, a history of the world in comic book form. He has also written The Cartoon History of the United States, and he has adapted the format for a series of co-written guidebooks on other subjects. The diversity of his interests, and the success with which his books have met, have together earned Gonick the distinction of being “the most well-known and respected of cartoonists who have applied their craft to unravelling the mysteries of science”.

目录
CHAPTER 0 WHAT IS ALGEBRA ABOUT? 代数是什么？
CHAPTER 1 THE NUMBER LINE 数值轴
CHAPTER 2  ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION加法与减法
CHAPTER 3  MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION乘法与除法
CHAPTER 4 EXPRESSIONS AND VARIABLES表达式与二元方程
CHAPTER 5 BALANCING ACT平衡法
CHAPTER 6  REAL WOR(L)D PROBLEMS代数的实际运用
CHAPTER 7  MORE THAN ONE UNKNOWN多个未知数
CHAPTER 8  DRAWING EQUATIONS描画函数图像
CHAPTER 9 POWER PLAY指数
CHAPTER 10  RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS有理数表达式
CHAPTER 11 RATES比率
CHAPTER 12  ABOUT AVERAGE平均数
CHAPTER 13 SQUARES平方
CHAPTER 14  SQUARE ROOTS平方根
CHAPTER 15 SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS二次方程式解答
CHAPTER 16 WHAT’S NEXT未完待续
SOLUTIONS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS习题解答
INDEX 索引