The cartoon guide to genetics
by Larry Gonick, Mark Wheelis, Cho Sung Ho · first published 1983
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Informed book yet fun to read
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…week ago. I teach elementary school science and math, and I've already used a few excerpts from this (from Universe and Calculus) to help illustrate important ideas. I'm also a huge fan of Gonick's The Cartoon Guide to Genetics, which I'm using with the younger kids. As far as I'm concerned, we'd replace pretty much every textbook with comic books.
on “The Manga Guide Series” ↗If you are a complete newbie, I'd recommend "Cartoon Guide To Genetics". Sadly, it is over a decade old at this point. If anyone has a more contemporary reading list, I would also be interested.
on “BioCurious, a hackerspace for bio now open to public” ↗The Cartoon Guide to Genetics is terrific. I remember the material in there because it's presented so well.
on “The Talk” ↗