Randall munroe describes xkcd as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. How to by randall munroe free download how to by randall munroe free download, the worlds most entertaining and useless selfhelp guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the millionselling what if. The diagrams in thing explainer cover all kinds of neat stuffincluding computer buildings datacenters, the flat rocks we live on tectonic plates, the stuff you use to steer a plane airliner cockpit controls, and the little bags of water youre made of cells. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read thing explainer. Complicated stuff in simple words is a 2015 illustrated nonfiction book. This book is a collection of strips from xkcd, a free webcomic. A look at a book by the maker of xkcd, called thing explainer. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercial 2. Thing explainer is a book that explaines complicated stuff in simple words, simple means ten hundred most used words. I had a good time drawing up goer five, so i decided to draw more pictures like that and make a book of them. Like any good work of science writing, thing explainer is equal parts lucid, funny, and startling in just over a decade randall munroe has become firmly established and its safe to say adored as the author of xkcd. Complicated stuff in simple words ebook written by randall munroe. In thing explainer, munroe gives us the answers to these questions and so many more.
Thing explainer will be published by houghton mifflin harcourt on november 24th. By utilizing only the 1,000 most common words to write this book munroe created a confusing mess. After follows the page number for the start of that title as listed in the book. While its practically required reading in the geek community, xkcd fans are as varied as the comics subject matter. Ive always been a big fan of xkcd, and this book for randall has further convinced me of his brilliance. The creator of the popular webcomic xkcd uses line drawings and just ten hundred common words to provide simple explanations for how things work, including microwaves, bridges, tectonic plates, the solar system, the periodic table, helicopters, and other essential concepts. Thing explainer complicated stuff in simple words book.
Were not selling it through the store, but you can order it from your favorite bookseller. It sounds like it is a fun read and i am a huge fan of xkcd comics but i am not sure it is a useful read. The creator of the webcomic xkcd uses line drawings and just ten hundred common words to provide simple explanations for how things work, including microwaves, bridges, tectonic plates, the solar system, the periodic table, helicopters, and other essential concepts. Simple writer write like up goer five and thing explainer. Randalls wit and ability to explain complex science in a clear and simple cartoon is a wonderful skill, and is really put to use in this book, with beautiful. Complicated stuff in simple words is out now in the us, published by houghton mifflin harcourt. What if serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions is out now in the us, published by houghton mifflin harcourt. The creator of the popular webcomic xkcd uses line drawings and common words to provide simple explanations for how things work, including microwaves, bridges, tectonic plates, the solar system, the periodic table, helicopters, and other essential concepts. As an idea for how to write a book, i think thing explainer is a good one. Randall says that when he was younger he purposefully used complicated words so that nobody thought about him, that he did not know them, but in this book he does not need to care about it. He likes candlelight dinners and long walks on the beach. Munroe published an xkcdstyle comic on scientific publishing and open access in science in october 20. Buy thing explainer by randall munroe from waterstones today.
Been a big fan of xkcd for years, bought the book on a whim with thing explainer. More and updated information on the english edition, and the many upcoming foreignlanguage editions can be found here. Complicated stuff in simple wordsis out now in the us, published by houghton mifflin harcourt. The book explains things, so its called thing explainer. Munroe conceptualized the book in 2012, when drawing a schematic of the saturn v rocket for his webcomic xkcd. Thing explainer book the indianapolis public library. A former nasa roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet fulltime, supporting himself through the sale of xkcd tshirts, prints, posters, and books. Complicated stuff in simple words, things are explained in the style of up goer five, using only drawings and a vocabulary of the 1,000 or ten hundred most common words. Randall munroes xkcd comic is a delight to read, what if was fabulous, so i was expecting something even more from thing explainer. Now, munroe has produced a book and thing explainer isnt just any book.
Thing explainer book the kansas city public library. Complicated stuff in simple words hardcover november 24, 2015. Complicated stuff in simple words is a 2015 illustrated nonfiction book created by randall munroe, in which the author attempts to explain various complex subjects using only the 1,000 most common english words. Complicated stuff in simple words, things are explained in the style of up goer five, using. In thing explainer, he uses line drawings and only the thousand or, rather, ten hundred most common words to provide simple explanations for some of the most interesting stuff there is, including.
Like any good work of science writing, thing explainer is equal parts lucid, funny, and startling the new yorker in just over a decade randall munroe has become firmly established and its safe to say adored as the author of xkcd. Like any good work of science writing, thing explainer is equal parts lucid, funny, and startling, in just over a decade randall munroe has become firmly established and its safe to say adored as the author of xkcd. Then follows the translation of this to normal language in brackets, with a wiki link to the most relevant page, based on the books material rather than the actual title. Since this book explains things, ive called it thing explainer. Thing explainer like his up goer five explanation of saturn v rockets, randall munroes next book marries a highly constrained vocabulary with detailed diagrams to. What if was a huge international bestseller around the world. Its good to know what the parts of a thing are called. A single line announced the new thing explainer book, with link to the blag post from the day before. Author randall munroe, the creator of xkcd, is back with a new book, thing explainer. In thing explainer, munroe gives us the answers to these questions and many, many more. Its good to know what the parts of a thing are called, but its much more interesting to know what they do. Thing explainer book frisco public library bibliocommons.
Love the simplicity of the drawings along with randalls sense of humour. How to by randall munroe free download yes book please. Explore computer buildings datacenters, the flat rocks we live on tectonic plates, the things you use to steer a plane airliner cockpit controls, and the little bags of water youre. In 2006, he left nasa to draw comics on the internet fulltime, supporting himself through the sale of xkcd tshirts, prints, posters and books. Thing explainer, randall munroe 97814736373 boeken. Complicated stuff in simple words by randall munroe 2015, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Reliably amusing and often enlightening the times, books of the year in just over a decade randall munroe has become firmly established and its safe to say adored as the author of xkcd.
Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyoneage 5 to 105who has ever wondered how things work, and why. Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyone age 5 to 105 who has ever wondered how things work, and why. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. In just over a decade randall munroe has become firmly established and its safe to say adored as the author of xkcd.
This page was last edited on 14 october 2019, at 09. Things in this book by page contents below is the complete index of the book called things in this book by page. The book is full of detailed diagrams of interesting objects, along with explanations. The premise of this book is randall munroe wellknown for his nerdy comics at xkcd.
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