The premise of this book is Randall Munroe - well-known for his nerdy comics at xkcd.com - using nothing more than his unique comic-style drawing abilities, scientific prowess, and the 1,000 most commonly-used words in the English language to explain - somethings very complicated - things. XKCD author Randall Munroe is coming out with a new book this year that explains complicated subjects in extremely simple and funny ways. Descriptively titled Thing Explainer, the book uses only. Salvador dali paintings surrealism.
In Thing Explainer, seasoned aerospace engineer Randall Munroe explains complex engineering systems in the fun and easy-to-understand style of xkcd comic strip Up Goer Five, using only drawings and a vocabulary of the 1,000 (or 'ten hundred') most common words. Some of the systems explained in the book are:
'computer buildings' (datacenters
)
the 'flat rocks' we live on (tectonic plates
)
the things you use to steer a plane (airliner cockpit controls
)
the little 'bags of water' you're made of (cells
)
If you like xkcd comics and Thing Explainer, don't forget to check out xkcd: volume 0 and What If?.
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About the Author
Randall Munroe is the author of the popular webcomic xkcd and the science question-and-answer blog What If (which was later published as the book What If? in 2014).
After studying physics at Christopher Newport University, he got a job building robots at NASA
Langley Research Center.
In 2006, he left NASA to draw comics on the internet full-time, supporting himself through the sale of xkcd t-shirts, prints, posters, and books.
He likes candlelight dinners and long walks on the beach. Very long walks. Lots of people say they like long walks on the beach, but then they get out on the beach and after just an hour or two, they say they're getting tired. Bring a tent.
The world just got a little less mysterious.
Author Randall Munroe, the creator of xkcd, is back with a new book, Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff In Simple Words. Inspired by his comic Up Goer Five, which explains the anatomy of a spaceship, Thing Explainer uses Munroe's signature illustrations to demystify some of the modern world's daily miracles. If you ever watned to know how a ballpoint pen or the solar system work, Munroe's got you covered.
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'The diagrams in Thing Explainer cover all kinds of neat stuff,' writes Munroe in a blog post. 'Including 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 you're made of (cells).'
Thing Explainer Word Checker
Shutter count canon 700d online. Thing Explainer is available on November 24. Until then, here's a sneak peek at the book's cover and the wisdom found within its pages.