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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 __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: * food-heating radio boxes (microwaves) * tall roads (bridges) * computer buildings (datacenters) * the shared space house (the International Space Station) * the other worlds around the sun (the solar system) * the big flat rocks we live on (tectonic plates) * the pieces everything is made of (the periodic table) * planes with turning wings (helicopters) * boxes that make clothes smell better (washers and dryers) * the bags of stuff inside you (cells) 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. Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyone—age 5 to 105—who has ever wondered how things work, and why. The Creator Of The Webcomic Xkcd Uses Line Drawings And Just Ten Hundred Common Words To Provide Simple Explanations For How Things Work, Including Microwaves, Bridges, Tectonic Plates, The Solar System, The Periodic Table, Helicopters, And Other Essential Concepts. Page Before The Book Starts : Introduction -- Shared Space House : International Space Station -- Tiny Bags Of Water You're Made Of : Animal Cell -- Heavy Metal Power Building : Nuclear Reactor -- Red World Space Car : Curiosity Rover -- Bags Of Stuff Inside You : Human Torso -- Boxes That Make Clothes Smell Better : Washing Machine And Dryer -- Earth's Surface : Physical Map Of The Earth -- Under A Car's Front Cover : Car Engine -- Sky Boat With Turning Wings : Helicopter -- The Us's Laws Of The Land : Us Constitution -- The Us's Laws Of The Land : Uss Constitution -- Food-heating Radio Box : Microwave -- Shape Checker : Padlock -- Lifting Room : Elevator -- Boat That Goes Under The Sea : Submarine -- Box That Cleans Food Holders : Dishwasher -- Big Flat Rocks We Live On : Tectonic Plates -- Cloud Maps : Weather Maps -- Tree : Tree -- Machine For Burning Cities : Nuclear Bomb -- Water Room : Toilet And Sink -- Computer Building : Data Center -- Us Space Team's Up Goer Five : Saturn V Rocket -- Sky Boat Pusher : Jet Engine -- Stuff You Touch To Fly A Sky Boat : Cockpit -- Big Tiny Thing Hitter : Large Hadron Collider -- Power Boxes : Batteries -- Hole-making City Boat : Oil Rig -- Stuff In The Earth We Can Burn : Mines -- Tall Roads : Bridges -- Bending Computer : Laptop -- Worlds Around The Sun : Solar System -- Picture Taker : Camera -- Writing Sticks : Pen And Pencil -- Hand Computer : Smart Phone -- Colors Of Light : Electromagnetic Spectrum -- The Sky At Night : Night Sky -- The Pieces Everything Is Made Of : Periodic Table -- Our Star : Sun -- How To Count Things : Units Of Measurement -- Room For Helping People : Hospital Bed -- Playing Fields : Athletic Fields -- Earth's Past : Geologic Periods Of Earth -- Tree Of Life : Life's Family Tree -- The Ten Hundred Words People Use The Most : The Ten Hundred Most Common Words In Our Language -- Sky Toucher : Skyscraper. Randall Munroe. Things in this book by page (Table of Contents) Page before the book starts (Introduction) Shared space house (International Space Station) Tiny bags of water you're made of (Animal cell) Heavy metal power building (Nuclear reactor) Red world space car (Curiosity Rover) Bags of stuff inside you (Human torso) Boxes that make clothes smell better (Washing machine and dryer) Earth's surface (Physical map of the Earth) Under a car's front cover (Car engine) Sky boat with turning wings (Helicopter) The US's laws of the land (US Constitution) The US's laws of the land (USS Constitution) Food-heating radio box (Microwave) Shape checker (Padlock) Lifting room (Elevator) Boat that goes under the sea (Submarine) Box tat cleans food holders (Dishwasher) Big flat rocks we live on (Tectonic plates) Cloud maps (Weather maps) Tree (Tree) Machine for burning cities (Nuclear bomb) Water room (Toilet and sink) Computer building (Data center) US Space Teams's Up Goer Five (Saturn V rocket) Sky boat pusher (Jet engine) Stuff you touch to fly a sky boat (Cockpit) Big tiny thing hitter (Large Hadron Collider) Power boxes (Batteries) Hole-making city boat (Oil rig) Stuff in the Earth we can burn (Mines) Tall roads (Bridges) Bending computer (Laptop) Worlds around the Sun (Solar system) Picture taker (Camera) Writing sticks (Pen and pencil) Hand computer (Smart phone) Colors of light (Electromagnetic spectrum) The sky at night (Night sky) The pieces everything is made of (Periodic table) Our star (Sun) How to count things (Units of measurement) Room for helping people (Hospital bed) Playing fields (Athletic fields) Earth's past (Geologic periods of Earth) Tree of life (Life's family tree) The ten hundred words people use the most (The ten hundred most common words in our language) Helpers (Acknowledgments) Sky toucher (Skyscraper) COVER PAGE 2 TITLE PAGE 3 COPYRIGHT PAGE 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 PAGE BEFORE THE BOOK STARTS 6 SHARED SPACE HOUSE 7 TINY BAGS OF WATER YOU鈥橰E MADE OF 8 HEAVY METAL POWER BUILDING 9 RED WORLD SPACE CAR 10 BAGS OF STUFF INSIDE YOU 12 BOXES THAT MAKE CLOTHES SMELL BETTER 13 EARTH鈥橲 SURFACE 14 UNDER A CAR鈥橲 FRONT COVER 16 SKY BOAT WITH TURNING WINGS 17 THE US鈥橲 LAWS OF THE LAND 18 THE US鈥橲 LAWS OF THE LAND 19 FOOD-HEATING RADIO BOX 20 SHAPE CHECKER 21 LIFTING ROOM 22 BOAT THAT GOES UNDER THE SEA 23 BOX THAT CLEANS FOOD HOLDERS 24 BIG FL AT ROCKS WE LIVE ON 25 CLOUD MAPS 26 TREE 27 MACHINE FOR BURNING CITIES 28 WATER ROOM 29 COMPUTER BUILDING 30 US SPACE TEAM鈥橲 UP GOER FIVE 32 SKY BOAT PUSHER 34 STUFF YOU TOUCH TO FL Y A SKY BOAT 35 BIG TINY THING HITTER 36 POWER BOXES 37 HOLE-MAKING CITY BOAT 38 STUFF IN THE EARTH WE CAN BURN 39 TALL ROADS 40 BENDING COMPUTER 41 WORLDS AROUND THE SUN 43 PICTURE TAKER 44 WRITING STICKS 45 HAND COMPUTER 46 COLORS OF LIGHT 47 THE SKY AT NIGHT 48 THE PIECES EVERYTHING IS MADE OF 49 OUR STAR 50 HOW TO COUNT THINGS 51 ROOM FOR HELPING PEOPLE 52 PLAYING FIELDS 53 EARTH鈥橲 PAST 54 TREE OF LIFE 55 THE TEN HUNDRED WORDS PEOPLE USE THE MOST 57 HELPERS 61 SKY TOUCHER 62 Автор веб-комиксов XKCD, бывший инженер НАСА и физик по образованию Рэндалл Манро (Randall Munroe) скоро сможет называть себя популярным писателем. Впрочем, он таким является уже сейчас. Его книга «Thing Explainer» за три месяца до начала продаж вышла на первое место в подразделах «Научные инструменты» и «Механика» раздела «Наука и математика» в магазине Amazon. Настолько велико количество предварительных заказов. Эта книга-альбом содержит 64 подобных чертежа размером 9′′x13′′ (23х33 см), при этом автор не использует никаких специальных терминов, а только тысячу самых популярных слов английского языка. Поскольку все вещи объясняются простым языком, то и саму книгу было решено назвать Thing Explainer. На великолепных иллюстрациях автора XKCD объясняются самые разные вещи. Например, как устроены дата-центры, что представляют собой плоские камни, на которых мы живём (тектонические плиты), как работает эта штука для руления самолётом (устройства управления в кабине пилота авиалайнера) и что за маленькие мешочки с водой, из которых мы состоим (клетки). In Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words , things are explained in the style of Up Goer Five, using only drawings and a vocabulary of the 1,000 (or "ten hundred") most common words. Explore computer buildings (datacenters), the flat rocks we live on (tectonic plates), the things you use to steer a plane (airliner cockpit controls), and the little bags of water you're made of (cells). The creator of the popular webcomic "xkcd" uses line drawings and common words to provide simple explanations for how things work, including microwaves, bridges, tectonic plates, the solar system, the periodic table, helicopters, and other essential concepts