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. 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. 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. Love the simplicity of the drawings along with randalls sense of humour. Complicated stuff in simple words, things are explained in the style of up goer five, using. 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. I had a good time drawing up goer five, so i decided to draw more pictures like that and make a book of them. Ive always been a big fan of xkcd, and this book for randall has further convinced me of his brilliance. Buy thing explainer by randall munroe from waterstones today.
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. In thing explainer, munroe gives us the answers to these questions and many, many more. 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. What if was a huge international bestseller around the world. 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. 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. Complicated stuff in simple words is a 2015 illustrated nonfiction book. Randall munroes xkcd comic is a delight to read, what if was fabulous, so i was expecting something even more from thing explainer. 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.
A single line announced the new thing explainer book, with link to the blag post from the day before. Randall munroe describes xkcd as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. He likes candlelight dinners and long walks on the beach. Since this book explains things, ive called it thing explainer. Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyoneage 5 to 105who has ever wondered how things work, and why. How to by randall munroe free download yes book please. As an idea for how to write a book, i think thing explainer is a good one. 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. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. 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. Thing explainer book frisco public library bibliocommons. What if serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions is out now in the us, published by houghton mifflin harcourt. Simple writer write like up goer five and thing explainer.
In thing explainer, munroe gives us the answers to these questions and so many more. Were not selling it through the store, but you can order it from your favorite bookseller. Complicated stuff in simple wordsis out now in the us, published by houghton mifflin harcourt. Complicated stuff in simple words by randall munroe 2015, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. The book explains things, so its called thing explainer. More and updated information on the english edition, and the many upcoming foreignlanguage editions can be found here. 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. Munroe conceptualized the book in 2012, when drawing a schematic of the saturn v rocket for his webcomic xkcd. Thing explainer, randall munroe 97814736373 boeken.
Its good to know what the parts of a thing are called, but its much more interesting to know what they do. The book is full of detailed diagrams of interesting objects, along with explanations. After follows the page number for the start of that title as listed in the book. In 2006, he left nasa to draw comics on the internet fulltime, supporting himself through the sale of xkcd tshirts, prints, posters and books. This page was last edited on 14 october 2019, at 09. 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. Thing explainer is a book that explaines complicated stuff in simple words, simple means ten hundred most used words. Now, munroe has produced a book and thing explainer isnt just any book. From the creator of the webcomic xkcd comes a series of simply annotated blueprints that explain everything from nuclear bombs to ballpoint pens. Complicated stuff in simple words hardcover november 24, 2015. Complicated stuff in simple words ebook written by randall munroe. A look at a book by the maker of xkcd, called thing explainer. Like any good work of science writing, thing explainer is equal parts lucid, funny, and startling.
Author randall munroe, the creator of xkcd, is back with a new book, thing explainer. This book is a collection of strips from xkcd, a free webcomic. Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyone age 5 to 105 who has ever wondered how things work, and why. In just over a decade randall munroe has become firmly established and its safe to say adored as the author of xkcd. Thing explainer book the indianapolis public library. By utilizing only the 1,000 most common words to write this book munroe created a confusing mess. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercial 2. Things in this book by page contents below is the complete index of the book called things in this book by page.
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. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read thing explainer. 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 premise of this book is randall munroe wellknown for his nerdy comics at xkcd.
Thing explainer will be published by houghton mifflin harcourt on november 24th. 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. 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. This means youre free to copy and share these comics but not to sell them. Thing explainer book the kansas city 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. 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. Been a big fan of xkcd for years, bought the book on a whim with thing explainer. Complicated stuff in simple words is out now in the us, published by houghton mifflin harcourt. Its good to know what the parts of a thing are called. Munroe published an xkcdstyle comic on scientific publishing and open access in science in october 20.
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