How to absurd scientific advice for common real-world problems
For 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. Munroe has created a guide to the third kind of approach. He provides highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to dig...
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New York :
Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
2019.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a How to : |b absurd scientific advice for common real-world problems / |c Randall Munroe. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, |c 2019. | |
| 300 | |a 307 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [292]-299) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- How to jump really high -- How to throw a pool party -- How to dig a hole -- How to play the piano -- How to listen to music -- How to make an emergency landing -- How to cross a river -- How to move -- How to keep your house from moving -- How to chase a tornado -- How to build a lava moat -- How to throw things -- How to play football -- How to predict the weather -- How to go places -- How to play tag -- How to ski -- How to mail a package -- How to power your house (on Earth) -- How to power your house (on Mars) -- How to make friends -- How to blow out birthday candles -- How to walk a dog -- How to send a file -- How to charge your phone -- How to take a selfie -- How to catch a drone -- How to tell if you're a Nineties Kid -- How to win an election -- How to decorate a tree -- How to build a highway -- How to get somewhere fast -- How to be on time -- How to dispose of this book -- How to change a lightbulb. | |
| 520 | |a For 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. Munroe has created a guide to the third kind of approach. He provides highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole. In exploring the absurd, he opens up an understanding to the science and technology underlying the things we do every day. -- adapted from jacket | ||
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| 690 | 0 | |a Lewis, Peirce tribute. | |
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