Gene Luen Yang

I wanted to make an explicitly educational comic that taught readers the concepts I covered in my introductory programming class. That's what 'Secret Coders' is. It's both a fun story about a group of tweens who discover a secret coding school, and an explanation of some foundational ideas in computer science.

Chinese Writer

Lewis Thomas

I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known.

American Scientist

Sean M. Carroll

The idea that time is an illusion is an old one, predating any Times Square ball drop or champagne celebrations. It reaches back to the days of Heraclitus and Parmenides, pre-Socratic thinkers who are staples of introductory philosophy courses.

Tom Glazer

When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on occasion, I would write something for my own pleasure or I would write notes and introductory remarks in the songbooks I put together.

American Musician

Kevin Bleyer

The Constitution's Preamble, its renowned introductory passage, was written by a man with a peg-leg. Which, if you think about it, gives our Constitution hardly a leg to stand on.

American Writer

Neville

I still feel like I am in my introductory period in terms of making my name in WWE so want to keep my head down and work hard. I would also love to have a match with Daniel Bryan.

English Athlete

Herman Gorter

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage it is better to encourage the fighters than the rulers.

Dutch Poet

Priyamvada Natarajan

I am a professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, where I teach an introductory class in cosmology. I see the deficiencies that first-year students show up with.

Indian Scientist

Alan Dundes

In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are, and how they can be analyzed.

American Educator

Sean Evans

It's amazing how one introductory course in environmental science can turn a 20-year-old into an Biofuels expert.

American Entertainer

Introductory things are always the first step before more complex material.

First Step

An introductory section won't give you all the details, just a starting point.

Not Complete

Introductory material provides a broad understanding, not deep knowledge.

Broad Overview

Introductory information contains the basic essentials you need to know first.

Basic Essentials

Use introductory sessions to familiarize yourself with new topics or tools.

Starting Point

Introductory material opens the door to further exploration and understanding.

Gateway to Understanding

 deeper level and that's that's what I'd like to do take it to our page in the beginning of the book where you show that well here it is right you show that there are actually formulas for the way the birds move sure the plain bird when you shoot it it follows your basic introductory physics projectile motion

What Makes Angry Birds...

 It's in the introductory chapter. On page seven he says, "The welfare of a nation can, therefore, scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income as defined above." It's not the greatest sound bite in the world,