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Thing Explainer : Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Thing Explainer : Complicated Stuff in Simple Words about?

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) * the other worlds around the sun (the solar system) * the big flat rocks we live on (tectonic plates) * the pieces everything is made of (the periodic table) * planes with turning wings (helicopters) * boxes that make clothes smell better (washers and dryers) * the bags of stuff inside you (cells) How do these things work? Where do they come from? What would life be like without them? And what would happen if we opened them up, heated them up, cooled them down, pointed them in a different direction, or pressed this button? In __Thing Explainer,__ Munroe gives us the answers to these questions and so many more. Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyone—a

Who reads Thing Explainer : Complicated Stuff in Simple Words?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Randall Munroe
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9780544668256
Category
science
Subjects
Engineering, Art, Fiction
Rating
4.14 / 5 (5,062 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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