{"product_id":"thing-explainer-complicated-stuff-in-simple-words-9780544668256","title":"Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words","description":"Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help. In \u003cem\u003eThing Explainer, \u003c\/em\u003e 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: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efood-heating radio boxes (microwaves)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etall roads (bridges)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecomputer buildings (datacenters)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe shared space house (the International Space Station)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe other worlds around the sun (the solar system)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe big flat rocks we live on (tectonic plates)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe pieces everything is made of (the periodic table)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eplanes with turning wings (helicopters)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eboxes that make clothes smell better (washers and dryers)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe bags of stuff inside you (cells)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eThing Explainer, \u003c\/em\u003e Munroe gives us the answers to these questions and so many more. Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyone--age 5 to 105--who has ever wondered how things work, and why.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall Munroe\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eWhat If?, \u003c\/i\u003e the science question-and-answer blog \u003ci\u003eWhat If?, \u003c\/i\u003e and the popular webcomic \u003ci\u003exkcd.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2006, he left a job building robots at NASA to draw comics on the Internet full-time. He lives in Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50584328503570,"sku":"9780544668256","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9e044f4-e90a-41b9-9c52-4298dbb6b086.jpg?v=1732034351","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thing-explainer-complicated-stuff-in-simple-words-9780544668256","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}