[HN Gopher] The Manga Guide Series ___________________________________________________________________ The Manga Guide Series Author : rg111 Score : 39 points Date : 2022-01-28 21:56 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.ohmsha.co.jp) (TXT) w3m dump (www.ohmsha.co.jp) | jchw wrote: | I don't know how good these are for actually learning a subject | matter, but I've always been tempted to pick up a couple, if only | to keep on the shelf. There are some that cover topics I'd | genuinely be interested in and have a poor enough grasp on that | they would likely be useful as introductions if nothing else. And | even if not, it's difficult to deny the novelty :P | dragontamer wrote: | I've only read a few but its hit-or-miss... to be expected since | the series is written by so many different authors. | | I think the Manga Guide to Databases was really good, but the | Manga Guide to Linear Algebra was pretty bad. | | To be fair, Linear Algebra is really difficult to teach and hard | to think of a silly story to wrap it together. But the Princess | in the "Database" story is trying to organize the apple-orders of | her kingdom, and that's just enough "story" needed to be a good, | practical example of Databases, 3rd normal form (as well as the | inconsistencies you'd come across in just 1st or 2nd normal | form... and how those inconsistencies could lead to double-orders | or incorrect data). | echelon wrote: | > The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology | | > The Manga Guide to Organic Chemistry | | > The Manga Guide to Quantum Dynamics | | > The Manga Guide to Soil Mechanics | | > The Manga Guide to Project Management | | They have everything. | picture wrote: | Found a pdf of the microprocessors one if anyone feel like | sampling what the content is like. | | http://50.116.28.134/MangaGuidetoMicroprocessors.pdf | | Imo I love things like this just for the fun (novelty) of them! | dylan604 wrote: | my browser, FF, just said nope to that link. maybe a good thing | as I didn't actually mean to click it. | BoysenberryPi wrote: | I enjoy this series quite a bit and read more than a few but | these books are far denser than people realize. After each manga | section there are several pages of an afterword of sorts that | feature some of the densest textbook level explanations you'll | ever see simply because they can't give the needed depth in the | manga parts of the story if their goal is to actually teach | something. | astrange wrote: | Larry Gonick did western equivalents of these; Cartoon History of | the Universe is either the best book I've ever read or the best | comic book. | | It's rather 70s though, so the art can get psychadelic and it | covers several different religions as if they're literally true. | But it has to be the only kids' history book written in the US | that treats China's history as just as important as ours. | corysama wrote: | I'll vouch for the Manga Guide to Databases. It's a solid first | introduction wrapped up in a silly little story about a princess | and a fairy. Read numerous 5-star Amazon reviews for more. | cercatrova wrote: | These are great, I used to read these back in the day, if only | for the novelty. | lemarchr wrote: | Are they capable of fulfilling the role of primary learning | material? Or are they supplementary to more traditional texts? | cercatrova wrote: | Yeah they do teach what you need to know, in my experience, | but they're not textbook level in explanation, simply because | there's no space for that much text on the page. | knowaveragejoe wrote: ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-28 23:00 UTC)