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How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems (eBook)

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Various Retailers has How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe (eBook) for $1.99.

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  • For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. How To is 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.

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Various Retailers has How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe (eBook) for $1.99.

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Available from:
About this Book:
  • For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. How To is 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.

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May 12, 2026 12:11 PM
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Aviator27JMay 12, 2026 12:11 PM
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I love Munroe's books. Funny and educational. Nerdy if not a little impractical, but definitely entertaining books!
May 12, 2026 09:11 PM
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softriderMay 12, 2026 09:11 PM
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LOL. I have so many Munroe books that I didn't realize that I had bought this back in 2020 till I went to Amazon to buy this.
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Quote from softrider :
LOL. I have so many Munroe books that I didn't realize that I had bought this back in 2020 till I went to Amazon to buy this.
Same thing happened to me yesterday when I saw this and thought it sounded interesting laugh out loud

Added it to my current e-reader and started it last night.
May 13, 2026 11:50 AM
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C0LT45SONMay 13, 2026 11:50 AM
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I really enjoyed "What If?". Not sure how much "science" I retained but definitely a fun read at the least.
May 13, 2026 12:31 PM
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tiiimdotcomMay 13, 2026 12:31 PM
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Munroe has lots of footnotes/asides. What's the experience of reading those in an ebook?
May 13, 2026 01:33 PM
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C0LT45SONMay 13, 2026 01:33 PM
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Quote from tiiimdotcom :
Munroe has lots of footnotes/asides. What's the experience of reading those in an ebook?
I bought it and was reading it this morning. They have little asterisks you can click on that bring up the foot notes. I learned about the Pantai Remis landslide from one.
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SkillfulRiver536May 13, 2026 03:06 PM
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Got one. Thanks, OP.

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Quote from softrider :
LOL. I have so many Munroe books that I didn't realize that I had bought this back in 2020 till I went to Amazon to buy this.

Purchased on Nov 15, 2023 for me. I'm sure via Slickdeals.
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RGonYesterday 06:01 PM
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Do any of those shops not include DRM with the ebooks?
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Carlitos33Yesterday 06:54 PM
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Do any of those shops not include DRM with the ebooks?
All those shops have some DRM-free books in their catalog. This one has DRM protection, though.
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