The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry by Larry Gonick

The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry Reviews

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  John

  I relearned all I had forgotten from high school chemistry. Basically everything. Very amusing illustrations as well.
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  Anthony Faber

  I found this a bit harder to follow than the other ones, but that may be because I actually took enough chemistry that I couldn't just shrug off the technical parts, but have forgotten enough over the 40 years since I took it that it was a struggle to recall stuff.
  
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  Nadinastiti

  Had this book since university years but never had any chance and interest to actually read it, haha. It makes clear that the graphology result which say I am more to Mathematical and Physics than Chemistry and Biology composite is totally true. Nevertheless, I wish I had read this before I took that Basic Chemistry class in my freshman year, because the book contains the basic concept of ALL the lessons from the atoms, periodic table, and organic chemistry.
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  ~Lyn~

  Formalin, boraks, arsenik, antioksidan, metanol, sampai nuklir, merupakan istilah-istilah teknis ilmu kimia. Di buku ini, bentuk, asal-usul, dan dampak benda-benda itu dapat dipelajari.
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  Anas

  Approved!
  Kartun Kimia mampu merangkum sekaligus menyederhanakan pelajaran Kimia SMA (alias kimia dasar) menjadi komik kurang dari 300 halaman. Penjelasan dalam 12 Bab cukup runut dan sangat mirip dengan kurikulum Kimia SMA, meski tentunya tidak untuk menggantikan buku diktat sekolah.
  Untuk kamu-kamu sekalian yang kesulitan memahami Kimia yang diajarkan di sekolah, cobalah buku ini sebagai bacaan tambahan (suplemen) untuk menambah wawasan.
  Tak lupa ada beberapa humor dari Larry Gonick yang cukup menggelitik, meski beberapa guyonannya kurang mengena akibat penerjemahan.
  Tapi, seperti buku-buku komik Gonick lain yang telah ku baca, Kartun Kimia benar-benar menghibur sekaligus tidak kehilangan esensinya.
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  Alex Morgan

  I wanted to review alot of the chemistry, that I had forgotten from Gen. Chem. This was very helpful in doing so the illustrations and quirky humor really helped to enforce some points in the book. I had also learned alot about fun facts in chemistry through this book. Although every time it would break out formulas or other arithmetic, the explanations were general and I had to look up other sources to understand. Also, some points weren't stressed and/or expounded on that I felt needed to be, and led me again to other sources.
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  Mikhael

  A chem class in a comic book. I skimmed over some of the technical equations, just getting the gist. The first half of the book is pretty calculation-light. The second half lays it on heavily, expecting that you may want to even practice the calculations yourself. Still worth skimming the second half, even if you don’t plan on truly getting into it.
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  Christina

  Kinda skimmed over most of the second half since I'm not teaching much of the math of chemistry to the kids at this time. But I got some good metaphors and feel generally refreshed in my knowledge of the subject, so yay!
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  Stasia

  Good, but I wish it would have been slightly dumbed down. After all, it IS a cartoon guide. I didn't think explaining electron orbitals could possibly be more confusing than what's already in my chemistry book.
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  Emerson John Tiu Ng

  Nice book to learn Chemistry in a light approach
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  Andika Lesmana

  After 16 long years, chemistry seems quite difficult
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  Eddi Firmansyah

  Bahasannya cukup advance walaupun judulnya kartun, jadi agak kewalahan memahaminya
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  Asaf Cygelberg

  I only read half of the book. At some point I felt a bit tired of the material.
  
  However, the book is light and pretty clear, and somehow interesting.
  
  
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  Kokom

  Meski kartun, bacaan ini tetap berat bagiku. 😅
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  Indah Threez Lestari

  540 - 2013
  
  #Program BUBU
  
  Dari judulnya saja sudah kartun, tapi tetap kuberi nomor baca yang menandakan buku ini bukan komik selayaknya manga dan sejenisnya. Mengapa? Karena dibanding kartunnya lebih banyak tulisannya :)
  
  Ruwet, tapi menarik banget. Coba waktu kuliah kimia dulu buku pegangannya semenarik penyampaian Larry Gonnick. Mungkin aku nggak bakal pindah ke akuntansi... dan kayaknya Larry Gonnick tidak membuat Kartun Akuntansi deh :D
  
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  Dulu aku membeli dan membaca buku ini tahun 2007.
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  Isaac

  Damn you Mr. Edgington!!! I hated chemistry in high school (and nearly didn't graduate) because of him. This was my first attempt to catch up since then with my main man Larry Gonick, who does a neat take on it - picture you're stranded on a desert island with a slew of natural resources and need to make fire, gunpowder, etc...- but feels obliged to include enough information to make for very slow reading compared with his 'CG to Physics'. Still, there are worse teachers than this.
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  Kate

  Entertaining and informative. Gonick tries to cover a lot of ground in his cartoon guide to chemistry, but some of the content is a bit murky and oversimplified. I don't know if I'd recommend this book to a layperson, but someone who knows chemistry could certainly make recommendations on specific passages that explain tricky concepts well.
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  Aleisha Zolman

  it was way math and formula heavy for me. i would have appreciated a bit more conversation. but i read it in one day and it had some fun pictures and witty comments. not for the faint of heart however. read it in preparation for my biology test, i hope enough of it sunk in to the next level for me!
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  Doug

  Good summary, entertainingly illustrated, of high school level chemistry...in fact, some of it my reside in the AP or basic college level, as parts of the book are mathematics and formula-intensive. I'd recommend this to a visual learner who is struggling with the intangible aspects of learning chemistry.
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  Tim

  As advertised this is a serious though low-level conceptual introduction to the discipline of chemistry carried through in an engaging graphical format. Surprisingly, the authors even include some problem solving examples and some math (particularly the use of logarithms), all without detracting from the engaging qualities of the book.
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  Michael

  I've tried twice to learn something about chemistry from this book, with very little takeaway. Unlike in Gonick's superb history books, the illustrations here are neither helpful nor particularly funny. I suspect it is best used as a refresher text for someone who already knows the stuff, but just needs a refresher.
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  Bonnie Daley

  I'm about halfway through this fun book about chemistry. I do have to admit that it is helpful to have some background knowledge. But this book is great at filling in the gaps in a humorous and entertaining way.