Randall was born in easton, pennsylvania, and grew up outside richmond, virginia. Complicated stuff in simple words hardcover november 24, 2015. After studying physics at christoper newport university, he got a job building robots at nasa langley research center. 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 made of cells. The former nasa roboticist and author of the web comic xkcd has a new book called thing explainer. 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. 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. Thing explainer complicated stuff in simple words book. Love the simplicity of the drawings along with randalls sense of humour. The worlds most entertaining and useless selfhelp guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the millionselling what if.
Like any good work of science writing, thing explainer is equal parts lucid, funny, and startling. Thing explainer by randall munroe pdf download ebookscart. Complicated stuff in simple words arrives in stores today. 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 is out now in the us, published by. Thing explainer book frisco public library bibliocommons. Randall munroe is the author of the new york times bestseller what if. After studying physics at christopher newport university, he got a job building robots at nasa langley research center.
Thing explainer, randall munroe 97814736373 boeken. Thing explainer book the indianapolis public library. Randall munroe is the creator of the webcomic xkcd and bestselling author of what if. Posted by randall 20150922 20150923 posted in uncategorized 3 comments on im going on a book trip. Or the book thing explainer, which used only the 1,000 most common words in the english language to explain some of the hardest ideas in the world. Randall munroe is the author of this advanced book. What if was a huge international bestseller around the world. So it was fun to read randall munroes new book, thing explainer. Nov 19, 2015 the former nasa roboticist and author of the web comic xkcd has a new book called thing explainer. Using line drawings and only the thousand or, rather, ten hundred most common words, he provides simple explanations for some of the worlds most interesting things. 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. Tips on technology and government, climate faq, katharine hayhoe xkcd. The premise of this book is randall munroe wellknown for his nerdy comics at xkcd.
Feb 29, 2016 this is one hilarious, entertaining and informative book. Nov 24, 2015 randall munroe is the creator of the webcomic xkcd and bestselling author of what if. The book is full of detailed diagrams of interesting objects, along with explanations. Xkcd, the webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language written for. Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Randall munroes xkcd comic is a delight to read, what if was fabulous, so i was expecting something even more from thing explainer. The chemist david jones had a longrunning column in nature and new scientist called daedalus. Complicated stuff in simple words is a 2015 illustrated non fiction book created by randall munroe, in which the author attempts to explain. The book is a collection of diagrams and line drawings similar in style to the up goer five comic, which can also be purchased as a poster. 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. By utilizing only the 1,000 most common words to write this book munroe created a confusing mess.
A brief chat with xkcds randall munroethe thing explainer explainer techie artistauthor talks to ars about rockets, bags, and dinosaur taxonomy. Now, munroe has produced a book and thing explainer isnt just any book. Complicated stuff in simple words is a book by randall munroe where things are explained in the style of up goer five which is also included in the book, using only blueprint like drawings and a vocabulary of the 1,000 or ten hundred most common words in the english language. Complicated stuff in simple words is a 2015 illustrated nonfiction book created by randall munroe, in which the author attempts to explain. The international astronomical union recently named an asteroid after him. Its beautiful, packed with facts, figures and richly and simply presented diagrams. Complicated stuff in simple words is an informative book that shares advanced technological knowledge to everyone. In thing explainer, randall munroe takes a quantum leap past this. In thing explainer, seasoned aerospace engineer randall munroe explains complex engineering systems in the fun and easytounderstand style of xkcd comic strip up goer five, using only drawings and a vocabulary of the 1,000 or ten hundred most common words. Complicated stuff in simple words, things are explained in the style of up goer five, using. Complicated stuff in simple words, which will come out on november 24. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercial 2.
In 2006, he left a job building robots at nasa to draw comics on the internet fulltime. Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions and 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. 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. Randall munroe is the author of the popular webcomic xkcd and the. Randall munroe is the author of the popular webcomic xkcd and the science questionandanswer blog what if. This book is a great deal of fun, and a masterclass in such reasoning. Nov 24, 2015 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. Randall munroe 3 books collection set by randall munroe.
In just over a decade randall munroe has become firmly established and its safe to say adored as the author of xkcd. In 2006, he left nasa to draw comics on the internet fulltime, supporting. Randalls probably on the new horizons gofarspacetraveller and he cant. Xkcd is the work of one person, randall munroe, and ive wanted to talk with him for years. More and updated information on the english edition, and the. This means youre free to copy and share these comics but not to sell them. Complicated stuff in simple words by randall munroe funny, precise and beautifully designed from helicopters to a human cell, a fascinating illustrated guide to the science. Complicated stuff in simple words by randall munroe. 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 spreads of. Complicated stuff in simple words munroe, randall isbn.
Many of the things we use every day like our foodheating radio boxes microwaves, our very tall roads bridges, and our computer rooms datacentres are. Love the simplicity of the drawings along with randalls sense of. Published by houghton mifflin harcourt, material from. A brief chat with xkcds randall munroethe thing explainer. This is one hilarious, entertaining and informative book. In thing explainer, he uses line drawings and only the thousand or, rather, ten hundred most commo. Thing explainer a while ago, i posted the comic up goer five, an annotated blueprint of the saturn v rocket with all the parts described using only the thousand most common english words. Randall found his own method to determine which words would go on his list, a list that is revealed. 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.
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. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Randall munroe, a former nasa roboticist, is the creator of the webcomic xkcd and the author of xkcd. Thing explainer, by randall munroe, does just that. 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 is out now in the us, published by houghton mifflin harcourt. These were the inventions of a fictional mad laboratory called dreadco, daedalus research and development company. More and updated information on the english edition, and the many upcoming foreignlanguage editions can be found here.
Were not selling it through the store, but you can order it from your favorite bookseller. He and the webcomic have developed a large fanbase, and shortly after graduating from college, he became a professional webcomic artist. Been a big fan of xkcd for years, bought the book on a whim with thing explainer. It was thus already early clear that the book would explore the. Since this book explains things, ive called it thing explainer. Munroe sets out to explain various subjectsfrom how smartphones work to what the u.
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