minty's review against another edition
3.0
It took me a little to get into this--some of the facts/lines of questions were entirely uninteresting to me. But then I started to just lean into it, and the lines of questions would throw just enough absurdity into the mix to make it fun. Wil Wheaton was a great reader--so animated!
waitenathan's review against another edition
5.0
It is good practice to own and read anything Randall Munroe publishes
bookscreentalk's review against another edition
4.0
Weird, absurd, entertaining nonetheless.
Randall Munroe first grabbed my attention with his book What if. It had the similar humor as this one, where he explores some very extreme answers to very valid questions.
At times the answers do get ridiculous and make you chuckle.
Reading this book made me think of the similarities between it and Andrew Stanek's How to Kill Hitler: A Guide For Time Travelers. Another instant classic, a well researched one too.
Randall Munroe first grabbed my attention with his book What if. It had the similar humor as this one, where he explores some very extreme answers to very valid questions.
At times the answers do get ridiculous and make you chuckle.
Reading this book made me think of the similarities between it and Andrew Stanek's How to Kill Hitler: A Guide For Time Travelers. Another instant classic, a well researched one too.
seanr72's review against another edition
Not quite as interesting as What If. Still good but just not as great.
lydiaer's review against another edition
5.0
Somehow reading about physics is a lot more fun when it's the completely outlandish kind you hope no one will (but also secretly hope they do) try.
They saved the best for last with "How to Destroy This Book." Fortunately, I have the indestructible version. Not because of a "Hogwarts Library/Ring of Power/Jumanji" situation, but because of an Amazon/Kindle/Digital Archive type of situation.
How To is meticulously researched, entertainingly over-the-top, and fantastically detailed with incredible guest interviews and footnotes.
They saved the best for last with "How to Destroy This Book." Fortunately, I have the indestructible version. Not because of a "Hogwarts Library/Ring of Power/Jumanji" situation, but because of an Amazon/Kindle/Digital Archive type of situation.
How To is meticulously researched, entertainingly over-the-top, and fantastically detailed with incredible guest interviews and footnotes.
filemanager's review against another edition
5.0
"How to Throw Things" was my favourite chapter - we were crying because we were laughing so hard.