Using only ten hundred simple words, we are led through the insides of all sorts of stuff. The words are where the special stuff happens. It must have taken a very long time to get all the pictures right. The rest of this story will use only the ten hundred most often used words, as found in Thing explainer. There are lots of words I would like to use to talk about this book. Nevertheless, I rapidly realised that to construct my review employing such intricate verbiage would be inappropriate. Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyone-age 5 to 105-who has ever wondered how things work, and why.My initial reaction to this volume was to rhapsodise about its aesthetic appeal gaze in admiration at the intricate illustrations, delivered in classic style and marvel at Randall Munroe’s ingenuity in describing the complex functions and construction of generally recognisable everyday objects. How do these things work? Where do they come from? What would life be like without them? And what would happen if we opened them up, heated them up, cooled them down, pointed them in a different direction, or pressed this button? In Thing Explainer, Munroe gives us the answers to these questions and so many more.
the shared space house (the International Space Station).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: Synopsis: Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help.
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe
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