Booklovers' Corner at Rotary Club Of Raniganj

16/01/2019

From Our Collection: Things Explainer by Randall Munroe

The creator of xkcd comes up with explanations for all sorts of things- from nuclear reactors to human bodies, from toilets and locks to rockets and submarines, from the evolutionary tree of life to actual trees.

All in extremely simple language using the top ten hundred words in English language. And even if you are reading about something you thought you knew about, you would be amazed by how much you learn.

This is the most amazing book of the decade. Available at our library at Rotary Club of Raniganj

Randall Munroe makes the best use of his love of cartoons and his love of science to bring out this book that simplifies complex concepts. Munroe uses simple diagrams to explain how things work. The things may be as mundane as a ball point pen or as complicated as a nuclear bomb. All the parts o...

16/01/2019

From Our Collection: Things Explainer by Randall Munroe

The creator of xkcd comes up with explanations for all sorts of things- from nuclear reactors to human bodies, from toilets and locks to rockets and submarines, from the evolutionary tree of life to actual trees.

All in extremely simple language using the top ten hundred words in English language. And even if you are reading about something you thought you knew about, you would be amazed by how much you learn.

This is the most amazing book of the decade. Available at our library at Rotray Club of Raniganj

Randall Munroe makes the best use of his love of cartoons and his love of science to bring out this book that simplifies complex concepts. Munroe uses simple diagrams to explain how things work. The things may be as mundane as a ball point pen or as complicated as a nuclear bomb. All the parts o...

28/07/2018

14/07/2018

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 si...