Thing explainer 2015 von randall munroe (1 Ergebnisse)
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Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston & New York, 2015
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. First edition, first printing. Large quarto hardcover in dust jacket. Printed in the United States. Stated 2015 on title and copyright pages. Full number line present: WOZ 10 9 8 7 6 5, confirmi…ng first printing. Original publisher's illustrated boards with matching illustrated dust jacket priced $24.95 on rear panel. Munroe's inventive illustrated volume explains complex scientific and technical subjects using only the thousand most common English words. Topics include nuclear reactors, the solar system, tectonic plates, skyscrapers ('sky touchers'), the Large Hadron Collider, and more - rendered in his signature blueprint-style diagrams derived from the xkcd webcomic aesthetic. Includes large fold-out 'Sky Toucher' skyscraper diagram. Book design by Christina Gleason; jacket design by Brian Moore and Randall Munroe. Boards clean and bright; corners sharp; binding tight. Interior pages crisp and unmarked. Fold-out intact and clean. No ownership markings or remainder marks observed.A clean, collectible first printing of Munroe's second major trade volume following What If? Randall Munroe (b. 1984) is a former NASA roboticist and the creator of the popular webcomic xkcd. Known for combining scientific rigor with minimalist stick-figure illustration and dry humor, he gained widespread recognition with his bestselling science Q&A book What If? (2014). Munroe's work bridges serious scientific inquiry and accessible explanation, making complex technical topics approachable to a broad audience. Author-illustrated (illustrator).
