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AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHow To will make you laugh as you learnWith How To, you can't help but appreciate the glorious complexity of our universe and the amazing breadth of humanity's effort to comprehend it. If you want some lightweight edification, you won't go wrong with How To. CNET[How To] has science and jokes in it, so 10/10 can recommend. Simone GiertzThe world's most entertaining and useless selfhelp guide from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, the bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer, and What If? 2, coming September 13, 2022For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole.Bestselling author and cartoonist Randall Munroe explains how to predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your Facebook photos. He teaches you how to tell if you're a baby boomer or a 90's kid by measuring the radioactivity of your teeth. He offers tips for taking a selfie with a telescope, crossing a river by boiling it, and powering your house by destroying the fabric of spacetime. And if you want to get rid of the book once you're done with it, he walks you through your options for proper disposal, including dissolving it in the ocean, converting it to a vapor, using tectonic plates to subduct it into the Earth's mantle, or launching it into the Sun.By exploring the most complicated ways to do simple tasks, Munroe doesn't just make things difficult for himself and his readers. As he did so brilliantly in What If?, Munroe invites us to explore the most absurd reaches of the possible. Full of clever infographics and fun illustrations, How To is a delightfully mindbending way to better understand the science and technology underlying the things we do every day.
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- Q: What is the main theme of 'How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems'? A: The book explores absurd and impractical ways to accomplish everyday tasks, blending humor with scientific insights.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author is Randall Munroe, known for his webcomic xkcd and other bestselling books like 'What If?'.
- Q: How many pages does the book have? A: The book contains 320 pages.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: The book is available in hardcover binding.
- Q: When was 'How To' published? A: The book was published on September 3, 2019.
- Q: What genre does this book belong to? A: This book falls under the category of Science & Scientists.
- Q: Is this book suitable for all ages? A: While the humor and content may appeal to a wide audience, it is recommended for readers who enjoy science and comedy.
- Q: What unique advice does the book offer? A: The book provides unconventional advice for tasks like predicting the weather using social media photos or crossing a river by boiling it.
- Q: Can I find illustrations in this book? A: Yes, the book includes clever infographics and fun illustrations to complement the text.
- Q: Is this book a good gift for science enthusiasts? A: Yes, it makes a great gift for those who appreciate humor in science and enjoy exploring unconventional ideas.