Thing Explainer - a book that explains everything in simple words

[lb]

http://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/

Randall Munroe's new book, Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words sets out to explain various subjects — from how smartphones work to what the U.S. Constitution says — without any complicated terms. Instead he draws blueprint-style diagrams and annotates them using only the 1,000 most common words in the English language. A nuclear reactor is a "heavy metal power building". A dishwasher is a "box that cleans food holders". The periodic table is "the pieces everything is made of".

This is a pretty cool book that you should check out, even if just for a good laugh.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Something like this be good for young kids, kind of.

 

[Gimgak]

Reminds me of the subreddit 'explain to me like i'm 5' or something like that, can be pretty useful though i very rarely if ever use reddit.

 

[lb]

Surprisingly, it's not a children's book. It is currently placed in the Technology section of most online book stores...

 

[WitchAssassin]

I've never heard of this but it sounds like an interesting idea. It would help explain a lot of things to a lot of people. The only bad thing is that some people might get offended by reading this because some people might feel like they were being talked down to. However, those people do have to the option of not buying the book or reading it if they are going to get offended.