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Randall munroe books list of books by author randall munroe. 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. Randall munroe is an american author, cartoonist, engineer and scientific theorist. 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, 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. Thats the constraint that randall munroe made famous. Randall munroe is the creator of the webcomic xkcd and bestselling author of what if. After studying physics at christopher newport university, he got a job building robots at nasa langley research center. 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. If you want some lightweight edification, you wont go wrong with how to. On the recommendation of another nerd parent, i also bought munroes followup book thing explainer. Randall xkcd munroes thing explainer booktour boing boing. A few years ago, nasa roboticist turned comics artist, randall munroe drew this cartoon, where he explained how the saturn v rocket worked using only the most common 1,000 words in the english language. It sold well and now munroes new book, titled thing explainer, is drawing much attention as well.
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