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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

Hardcover • 2015 • English

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

By Randall Munroe

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About the book

Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help. 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: food-heating radio boxes (microwaves) tall roads (bridges) computer buildings (datacenters) the shared space house (the International Space Station) t...Show more

Classical mechanics

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ISBN

9780544668256

Publisher

HMH Books

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

Format

Hardcover

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