Randall munroe traces the phenomenal success of his webcomic. This offsite book talk and signing will take place at santa cruz bible church, 440 frederick st. Sign up for the penguin random house newsletter to get more videos like this and tailored book recommendations. Xkcd creator randall munroe on the joys of overthinking everything. Randall munroe signing the xkcd book for a robot youtube. Full information for each stop is included at the bottom of this post. Xkcds randall munroe on his new book how to and the joys. Written by randall munroe, audiobook narrated by wil wheaton. Randall munroe maintains his high standard of humor in this book, taking problems and going for the absurd, extreme solutions. The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office to the. At the xkcd volume 0 launch on silicon valley, in the y combinator headquarters. This means youre free to copy and share these comics but not to sell them. Photos of randall munroe at his book signing event will be included with the signed book. San diego book signing and author events san diego reader.
Absurd scientific advice for common realworld problems, might be his most practical. Randall munroe, the guy behind internet sensation xkcd, is out with a new book expanding on his recurring what if. Signing line arranged by letter group printed on ticket dont lose them. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. He points out the drawbacks to the solutions, such as if you build a lava moat around your house to keep ants out, youll always be downwind of the lava. What if serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions.
Each ticket includes a copy of how to by randall munroe. Randall munroe of xkcd answers our not so absurd questions. Randall was born in easton, pennsylvania and grew up outside richmond, virginia. Adam savage mythbusters and randall munroe xkcd are two of the best science. Discover book depositorys huge selection of randall munroe books online. Randall munroe at libby gardner hall weller book works. The book signing line was very long, and a robot jumped the line. How to invite me to your town dont see your city on the list. Bestselling author and cartoonist randall munroe explains how to predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your facebook photos. He teaches you how to tell if youre a baby boomer or a 90s kid by measuring the radioactivity of your teeth. Adam savage mythbusters and randall munroe xkcd are two of the best science communicators in the country. Literati bookstore presents randall munroe tickets, fri, sep 6, 2019.
Sign in to download and listen to this audiobook today. He and the webcomic have developed a large fanbase, and shortly after graduating from college, he became a professional webcomic artist. After studying physics at christopher newport university, he got a job building robots at nasa langley research center. Randall patrick munroe born october 17, 1984 is an american cartoonist, author, engineer, scientific theorist, and the creator of the webcomic xkcd. Each week, munroe tackles an absurd question with as much scientific. Randall munroe is the author of the popular webcomic xkcd and the science questionandanswer blog what if.
Xkcd author randall munroe is no stranger to answering strange science questions, but his latest book, how to. Join third place books in welcoming randall munroe inconversation with ken. Absurd scientific advice for common realworld problems, is coming out on september 3rd, and ill be going on a short book tour. Xkcd artist randall munroe will be onhand selling and signing copies of his new book, thing explainer. Xkcd author randall munroe interviewed by adam savage at book signing.
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