The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra

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1. enhdlessJun 2022
   I recommend The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra! I read it the summer before college and their visuals and analogies really helped me grasp basic concepts.
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2. enhdlessJul 2020
   The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra was a light, but useful introduction to linear algebra for me during the summer before my freshman year of college.
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3. joaoricoDec 2016
   In that case, I recommend "The Manga Guide to ..." series. [1]

   I haven't read all of them, but they're a good attempt. (If you enjoy or can tolerate the quirkiness of japanese manga style.)

   Check out The Manga Guide to Databases

   https://smile.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Databases-Mana-Takahash...

   or The Manga Guide to Statistics

   https://smile.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Statistics-Shin-Takahas...

   or The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra

   https://smile.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Linear-Algebra/dp/15932...

   [1] https://www.nostarch.com/manga

   From the top Amazon review on The Manga Guide to Databases:

   "STORY: A friend loaned me this book to show her, so I gave it to her and asked her to try it. If she read the first 10 pages and it was boring, she should stop. If she liked it, she could keep it until she was done. She opened it on the spot and was 20 pages in before she realized she still was standing in the middle of our kitchen. One day later, she was finished and said it was "cool" and that she liked it.

   I asked her if she learned anything or if it was just a story and she started talking. She said a little bit and talked about tables and how information is stored in columns and rows. She talked in a 9 year old's language and vocabulary, but basically explained to me the concept and benefits of centralized data stored in a single database. She made a couple other comments whose specifics I can't remember, but clearly articulated database ideas. It was somewhat surreal hearing these things come from a 3rd grader's mouth. She didn't feel like she had learned very much. I told her I probably could count on my fingers how many people at my work (300 people total - manufacturing industry, not IT) knew more about databases than she did, based on what she had finished telling me."

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4. gumbyJun 2016
   How about the Manga Guide to Linear Algebra (https://www.nostarch.com/linearalgebra)?

   If that's too adult, there's always the story of Ping: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2VDKZ4X1F992Q/ref=cm_cr_dp_ti...

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5. chris_wotMay 2015
   That's a very solid book that deals with things not just restricted to 3D programming. It covers vectors, matrices and linear transformations, which are useful in other areas of Computer Science.

   Although an excellent book that covers these things is The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra, by O'Reilley.

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6. jnbicheMay 2015
   > Although an excellent book that covers these things is The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra, by O'Reilley.

   Thanks for that recommendation! I'm reading the sample chapter now, and it's a great review. I'm not a huge manga fan but this is a nice way to break up complex ideas.

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