Bestselling author and cartoonist randall munroe explains how to predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your facebook photos. This book creates laughs from science jokes on one page to relationship humor on. Xkcd cartoonist randall munroe on his new book the man behind the popular absurdist web comic takes on the big question in his new book what if. Randall munroe, the mastermind behind the hilarious web comic xked and the bestselling book what if. It shows just how radical the recent changes are and puts to bed the.
A conversation with randall munroe, the creator of xkcd. This book has an editable web page on open library. Randall munroe loves outdated views of the future the. Links to articles, videos, art, cosplay or music content directly related to comic books or web comics, including film and tv media. The sunday times bestseller from the creator of the wildly popular, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. He worked at nasa as a roboticist until october of 2006 when he became a professional web comic artist full time. Web cartoonist randall munroe answers simple whatif questions what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light. Munroe reminds me of sal khan of khan academy, or the novelist and crash course host john green. Artists can use oc to link to their own work anywhere.
Adam savage mythbusters and randall munroe xkcd are two of the best science communicators in the country. These are the questions that comic artist randall munroe thinks about in his book how to. The book what if serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions is a collection of many of the blogs most popular answers, along with brand new weird and wonderful questions. Randall munroe is the author of the popular webcomic xkcd and the science questionandanswer blog what if.
While its practically required reading in the geek community, xkcd fans are as varied as the comics subject matter. Xkcd is not a comic book that you find at your local shop. After studying physics at christopher newport university, he got a job building robots at nasa langley research center. He has a degree in physics from the christopher newport university and prior to his career as a professional webcomic artist, randall was a roboticist independently contracted with nasa. Randall munroe sketches elegant and illuminating explanations of the weird science and math questions that keep geeks awake at night. Why xkcd creator randall munroe wrote the worlds most extreme how to book. The international astronomical union recently named an asteroid after him. Randall munroe, a former nasa roboticist, is the creator of the webcomic xkcd and the author of xkcd. Creator randall monroe, a former roboticist and programmer who once worked at nasa, is a geek and it shows. Seeing what people worried about or complained about a hundred years ago always gives a lot of perspective, says the creator of the web comic xkcd, whose new book is how to.
Its full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole. Munroe was born in easton, pennsylvania and grew up outside richmond, virginia. Randall munroe, creator of the triweekly web comic xkcd, has combined the two into an epic timeline of earths climate. An obvious upgrade would be to use one or more of the places from the magnificently rude map of world place names previously. The end of the pole near the moon would be pulled toward the moon by the moons gravity, and the rest of it would be pulled back. Specifically, it gave me the someone on the internet is wrong cartoon which explained my every 3am argument on twitter. Randall was born in easton, pennsylvania, and grew up outside richmond, virginia. Randall munroe s xkcd epic time won the 2014 hugo award for best graphic story, presented sunday in london as part of loncon 3, the 72nd world science fiction convention presented annually since 1955 by the world science fiction society, the hugo is among science fictions most prestigious awards. Randall munroe began his career in physics working with robots at nasas langley research center. Randall munroe is the creator of the webcomic xkcd and bestselling author of what if.
After studying physics at christopher newport university, he got a job building robots at. Randall munroe is the writer and creator of the web comic xkcd and has written a previous book of the same title. Three word phrase, smbc, dinosaur comics, oglaf nsfw, a softer world, buttersafe, perry bible fellowship, questionable content, buttercup festival, homestuck, junior scientist power hour. Since his contract was not renewed in 2006, randall has supported himself primarily through xkcd, selling books and merchandise among other income streams. Randall munroe s good question column in the new york times is in the vein of his how to and what if books, in which he answers weird science questions with.
While its practically required reading in the geek community, xkcd fans are as varied as the comic s subject matter. Why xkcd creator randall munroe wrote the worlds most. Randall was born in easton, pennsylvania and grew up outside richmond, virginia. He answers these hypothetical scenarios and other everyday questionsfrom charging your phone to sending a digital filewith uncommon solutions. Explore randall munroes webcomic to see his thoughts on everything from investments to escape artists to walmart. If youre not outright merchandizing, youre probably fine. This book creates laughs from science jokes on one page to relationship humor on another. A former nasa roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet fulltime. One simple comic explains climate change scientific american.
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Randall munroe books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. In a new book, randall munroe creator of the web comic xkcd and a former nasa roboticist tackles pressing questions like what would happen if. Absurd scientific advice for common realworld problems, is coming out on september 3rd, and ill be going on a short book tour. Web comic strips most strips need to be linked back to original sources i. Millions visit each week to read randall munroe s iconic webcomic. He teaches you how to tell if youre a baby boomer or a 90s kid by measuring the radioactivity of your teeth. Cooke comic book artist, and randall munroe xkcd, along with dani colman, tea fougner editorial director for comics, king features syndicate, and moderator barbara dillon. Randall patrick munroe born october 17, 1984 is an american cartoonist, author, engineer, scientific theorist, and the creator of the webcomic xkcd. Randall munroe explains it all for us the new york times. Hes a former nasa robotics expert who now makes a living drawing the geeky comic strip xkcd and writing books. Randall munroe describes xkcd as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. The latest xkcd comic suggests a fiendish way to express yourself. Absurd scientific advice for common realworld problems. Xkcd web comic is for people with brains and funny bones.
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