![]() ![]() ![]() He also made an webpage to check if something you write is or isn't in this list of these 1000 words. At the back of the book the author lists the 1000 words he uses for the entire text in the book. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). I have the book Thing Explainer by the author of xkcd. And Maddie's mom makes a quick guest appearance on the podcast! (Encore Episode. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. For Munroe, it's a process that reveals a lot about science and why the real world is sometimes even weirder than we expect.Īlso in this episode, Munroe tells us some creative ways to figure out if you're a nineties kid. ![]() But asking a question that leads to another question, and then another. This thought experiment is not really about filling a pool, of course. How about going online and ordering roughly 100,000 bottles of water to fill it up? But then, how long would it take to unscrew all those bottle caps? And what's the fastest way to get all that water out of the bottles and into the pool? ![]() Say, for instance, you're trying to throw a pool party tomorrow, but your pool is empty. How To explores complicated solutions to simple, real-world problems. How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems is the latest book from Randall Munroe, the cartoonist behind the popular Internet comic xkcd. In his book How To, Randall Munroe explores whether you could open enough water bottles to fill a swimming pool - using nuclear weapons. ![]()
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