Skip to content
ISSN NO. : 0970-4175 (Print)

 

Search

The Book Review, Monthly Review of Important BooksThe Book Review, Monthly Review of Important Books
The Book Review, Monthly Review of Important Books
  • HOME
  • THE BOOK REVIEW
    • ABOUT
    • FOUNDER TRUSTEES
    • THE JOURNAL
  • SUBSCRIPTIONS
    • PRINT & DIGITAL EDITION
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • ARCHIVES
    • Table of Contents
    • Reviews
  • MEDIA & EVENTS
    • EVENTS
  • CONTACT
  • ADVERTISEMENT
  • HOME
  • THE BOOK REVIEW
    • ABOUT
    • FOUNDER TRUSTEES
    • THE JOURNAL
  • SUBSCRIPTIONS
    • PRINT & DIGITAL EDITION
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • ARCHIVES
    • Table of Contents
    • Reviews
  • MEDIA & EVENTS
    • EVENTS
  • CONTACT
  • ADVERTISEMENT

–

Review Details

Book Name: HOW TO: ABSURD SCIENTIFIC ADVICE FOR COMMON REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS
Author name: Randall Munroe
Book Year: 2019
Book Price: 550.00
Reviewer name: TCA Avni
Volume No: 44
Publisher Name: Riverhead Books/ John Murray, Hachette India
Book Pages: 307

How To is a self-declared book of ‘bad ideas’, and quite a good one at that!  A perfect companion to the author’s previous volume (which answers absurd questions with ‘serious’ scientific answers), How To discusses, in its own words ‘absurd scientific advice for common real-world problems’.

The book starts off on a strong note, in the classic style mixing dry humour, science, history and stick figure cartoons that characterize Randall Munroe’s comics. Assessing the possibilities on how to jump really high—from pole vaulting (practical), to using an outfit shaped like a sail plane (not so much) —Munroe takes the reader through the increasingly absurd variety of ways an answer can be reached.

So, while the book may not have practical suggestions on how to approach any given situation (it starts with a disclaimer against any adverse effects resulting from actually applying information in the book), it provides fascinating insights to the importance of even bad ideas, blending everything from weird-but-true incidents and experiments; theoretical models of what seemed to be illogical and yet turned out to be revolutionary, to the jaw-droppingly absurd.

Please Login or Register to Read Entire Article !

Username:
Password:
Register
Lost your password?

Post navigation

PreviousPrevious post:–NextNext post:–

Related posts

–
December 1, 2020
–
December 1, 2020
–
December 1, 2020
–
December 1, 2020
–
December 1, 2020
–
November 30, 2020

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

clear formPost comment

Current Issue
  • Gandhi’s Tryst with Modernity April 5, 2021
  • How a Farman Gave an Inch and Lost a Mile April 5, 2021
Search in website

ABOUT US | DISCLAIMER | ADVERTISEMENT

All Right Reserved with The Book Review Literacy Trust | Powered by Digital Empowerment Foundation

FacebookTwitter