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How to: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe
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adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.75
An enjoyable and funny book that describes, rather in detail and with a great sense of humor, many inefficient, unlikely, improbable, and ultimately absurd answers to (mostly) everyday questions. What? You can't have expected all the questions to be completely practical and mundane, did you?
If you're looking for a how to guide that will actually help you dig a hole, mail a package, or move, this is not your book.
However, if you want to learn how deep a pool made of tin foil can be before breaking due to the outward pressure of the water, hear about a few absurd US military experiments conducted during the Cold War, and read the pros and cons of moving your entire house by flatbed truck versus jet plane, then you're in exactly the right place.
If you're looking for a how to guide that will actually help you dig a hole, mail a package, or move, this is not your book.
However, if you want to learn how deep a pool made of tin foil can be before breaking due to the outward pressure of the water, hear about a few absurd US military experiments conducted during the Cold War, and read the pros and cons of moving your entire house by flatbed truck versus jet plane, then you're in exactly the right place.
Content Warnings
Minor: Cancer, Death, Genocide, and War
Brief mention of deaths due to cancer from nuclear weapon radiaton in atmosphere. Mention of smallpox being brought to America, smallpox vaccine, and why it was developed.
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