You can’t have Thing Explainer yet, but if you want, you can order it now, and you’ll get it about a month before the end of the year. 61 pages (3 folded) : 34 cm The creator of the webcomic 'xkcd' uses line drawings and just ten hundred 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 Notes Irregular pagination. The book covers a wide range of topics, including pencils ('writing sticks'), cameras ('picture takers'), microwave ovens ('food-heating radio boxes'), airplane engines ('sky boat pushers. The book explains things, so it’s called Thing Explainer.

Urn:oclc:record:1360065167 Foldoutcount 5 Identifier thingexplainerco00unse Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2dcvhskchs Invoice 11 Isbn 9780544668256Ġ544668251 Lccn 2016449258 Ocr tesseract 5.1.0-1-ge935 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9579 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Ocr_parameters -l eng Order_number 999-0000000-0385661 Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 47.61 Pages 90 Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 400 Republisher_date 20220712081908 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 599 Scandate 20220707203856 Scanner Scanningcenter indiana Sku T2-CIW-371 Tts_version 5. In Thing Explainer, Randall Munroe explains the function and mechanics of 54 subjects using only the 1,000 most commonly used words in the English language. Munroe’s beautiful, ligne claire-style illustrations. Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words is an illustrated how things work book. 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. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:02:02 Boxid IA1769401 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) External-identifier And now this concept has a book of its own.

Thing explainer by randall munroe