How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems from Randall Munroe of xkcd
£7.30£10.40 (-30%)
Randall Munroe is . . .’Nerd royalty’ Ben Goldacre
‘Totally brilliant’ Tim Harford
‘Laugh-out-loud funny’ Bill Gates
‘Wonderful’ Neil Gaiman
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The world’s most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the million-selling What If? and Thing Explainer
For any task you might want to do, there’s a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad 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.
‘How strange science can fix everyday problems’ New Scientist
‘A brilliant book: clamber in for a wild ride’ Nature
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Additional information
| Publisher | John Murray, 1st edition (3 Sept. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 336 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1473680344 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1473680340 |
| Dimensions | 12.8 x 2.4 x 19.6 cm |
by Koriuk
Absolutely brilliant for busy minds
by Pink72
This is a great family read if you have an inquisitive mind. Kids are always asking random questions and yes they can look on line but in my opinion they retain the information far better if they can connect with the written text and this book does just that.
Well structured and a good way of answering. I highly recommend you give it a read .
by henros
This book is a wonderful example of taking a scientific view of a number of everyday problems to come up with solutions which are ridiculous yet entirely logical. Highly enjoyable; the cartoons add considerably to the fun.
by Brian
Bought for the scientifically minded grandson who is now trying to emulate some of the experiments. We already bought him a previous book by the same author which he loves, but resulted in him with the aid of his sister concocting a birthday cake based on the periodic table, they used chilli and peppers and various other flavours to represent the more volatile elements?? Needless to say they are now nicknamed Wednesday and Pugsley.
by Dex
Purchased as a Xmas gift, the recipient liked it another.
by Paul D.
This is a well written book.
But … ?
I’ll be frank, it’s taking time for me to read, as the font is small — about 10 point, I think — and very hard to follow
by John Wilson
Bought to amuse myself. It does that!
by Derek Smith
I’ve got one-click purchasing on my Kindle. It’s about to change. How To is overpriced, and by some distance. The content’s OK, but at £6? No.
Beware of one-click.