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Thing Explainer

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words is a 2015 illustrated non-fiction book created by Randall Munroe, in which the author attempts to explain various complex subjects using only the 1,000 most common English words. The word "thousand" is not one of those most-used words, thus things are described using "the ten hundred words people use the…

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Author
Randall Munroe
Publication date
November 24, 2015
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Media type
Print
Publication place
United States

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Conception and development

Reception

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Thing Explainer

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples51
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Thing Explainer

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related to Conception and development · 19
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Thing Explainer → Alderman, Blogger Cory Doctorow, CNET, However, Munroe, Munroe's, Naomi Alderman, Peter Gleick, Reviewing, Science, Shankland, Stephen Shankland, The Guardian
related to Synopsis · 10
Thing Explainer → Besides, English, In Thing Explainer, Jack Schofield, Munroe, Peter Gleick, Randall Munroe, The, The Huffington Post, ZDNet
Author · 1
Thing Explainer → Randall Munroe
Language · 1
Thing Explainer → English
Media type · 1
Thing Explainer → Print
Publication date · 1
Thing Explainer → November 24, 2015
Publication place · 1
Thing Explainer → United States
Publisher · 1
Thing Explainer → Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Subject · 1
Thing Explainer → Science miscellanea

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Thing ExplainerAuthorRandall Munroe1.00infobox
Thing ExplainerLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Thing ExplainerMedia typePrint1.00infobox
Thing ExplainerPublication dateNovember 24, 20151.00infobox
Thing ExplainerPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Thing ExplainerPublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt1.00infobox
Thing ExplainerSubjectScience miscellanea1.00infobox
Thing ExplainerWebsitexkcd.com/thing-explainer/1.00infobox
the periodic tableinstance ofMunroe also explains human organs and conceptual subjects0.80text
Thing Explainerrelated to Conception and developmentThe0.60section
Thing Explainerrelated to Conception and developmentMunroe0.60section
Thing Explainerrelated to Conception and developmentKerbal Space Program0.60section

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