Thing Explainer
Randall Munroe
Non-Fiction
Thing Explainer
by Randall Munroe
—· 65 p· 2015
lighthearted
Overview
About
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.
Pages
65
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Linguistic complexity
2/5
Straightforward
Thematic complexity
2/5
Accessible
Rating
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Reader feel
Visual Explanatory Clarity10
Concept Compression9
Pacing8
Narration7
Worldbuilding6
Prose6
Emotional depth2
Plot twists1
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