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Name: How To
Rating: 4.541666666666 (24 reviews)
Author: Randall Munroe

In How To, cartoonist and science enthusiast Randall Munroe turns ordinary chores—like landing a plane or digging a hole—into a playful exploration of wildly impractical solutions. With tongue‑in‑cheek examples such as predicting weather from Facebook photos, measuring your teeth’s radioactivity to determine age, or boiling a river to cross it, Munroe invites readers to marvel at the absurd extremes of possibility. Illustrated with his signature bright, informative graphics, the book offers a humorous yet enlightening look at the science and technology behind the things we do every day.

First publish date: 2019

Genre: Humorous Fiction/Absurdist Fiction

Authors: Randall Munroe

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