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The creator of the webcomic "xkcd" uses line drawings and just ten hundred common words to provide simple explanations for how things work, including microwaves, bridges, tectonic plates, the solar system, the periodic table, helicopters, and other essential concepts.
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Warm, spare, contemporary and resolved.
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Randall Munroe
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 65
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Hodder & Stoughton
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9781473620926
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Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American cartoonist, author, engineer, scientific theorist, and the creator of the webcomic xkcd. He and the webcomic have developed a large fanbase, and shortly after graduating from college, he became a professional webcomic artist. **Source**: [Randall Munroe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Munroe) on Wikipedia.
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