{"product_id":"how-to-absurd-scientific-advice-for-common-real-world-problems","title":"How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow To\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBestselling 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 you're a baby boomer or a millennial by measuring the radioactivity of your teeth. He offers tips for taking a selfie with a telescope, crossing a river by boiling it, and getting to your appointments on time by destroying the moon. And if you want to get rid of this book once you're done with it, he walks you through your options for proper disposal, including dissolving it in the ocean, converting it to a vapour, using tectonic plates to subduct it into the Earth's mantle, or launching it into the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy exploring the most complicated ways to do simple tasks, Munroe doesn't just make things difficult for himself and his readers. As he did so brilliantly in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat If?\u003c\/i\u003e, he invites us to explore the most absurd reaches of the possible. Full of clever infographics and amusing illustrations,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow To\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a delightfully mind-bending way to better understand the science and technology underlying the things we do every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this copy has light fading on spine, light scuffs on edges of covers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eISBN: 9781473680333\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eSize: Paperback, 308 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003eJOHN MURRAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublished: 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B - Good Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160241750172,"sku":"U-4E5CFC","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/howto_2.jpg?v=1783402254","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/how-to-absurd-scientific-advice-for-common-real-world-problems","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}