Below is a preview of Cats’ Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People, curtesy of Google Books. A larger version can be found here.

The Manga Guide to Physics is a comic-based primer to introductory classical mechanics. It follows the story of Megumi, an all-star tennis player who is going to need some help to pass her next physics exam. Lucky for her (and you) her friend Ryota, a physics wiz, is glad to teach her about Newton’s three

Learning to write well requires practice, patience, and regular editorial feedback. It is a process that is never perfected, and I am certainly no expert. So, when students ask me how they can improve their writing, I point them toward two books on the subject that I always keep nearby. The first is The Elements