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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?…
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Randall Munroe brings a magic combination of impressive science and fun cartoons that make me laugh. I found this book great fun throughout.
As I read Randall's absurd methods of solving problems—for example, literally moving a house by lifting it with multiple helicopters —I also have a sense that I'm actually learning, if not helpful science exactly, at least intelligent ways of thinking about problems.
Munroe had a job building robots at NASA—reading the book, you can tell he's a brilliant guy—and his charming and disarming distinctive stick men picture style keeps things fun all the way through.
From Jono's list on The best books for changing how you look at the world and yourself.
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