“Consistently fascinating and entertaining...Munroe leavens the hard science with whimsical touches...An illuminating handbook of methods of reasoning.” - Wall Street Journal
“It’s fun to watch as Munroe tackles each question and examines every possible complication with nerdy and methodical aplomb, his distinctive scribblings providing clever running commentary of peanut-gallery jokes as his train of thought (sometimes) happily derails. The delightfully demented What If? is the most fun you can have with math and science, short of becoming your own evil genius...We feel the tug of Munroe’s playful yet existentially-tinged worldview, and all that geek logic and number-crunching becomes unexpectedly poignant.” - Boston Globe
“Munroe has hit on a wonderful form of science and engineering communication that can do so much—extolling the value of analytical thinking, examining data, and doing back-of-the-envelope calculations—while entertaining readers at the same time… an incredibly fun book with quirky, hand-drawn pictures.” - American Scientist
“What If? maintains a delightfully free-wheeling tone throughout, especially when complicated calculations lead to whimsical results...Despite all the hard facts and gigantic numbers, it never feels like a textbook—and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to enjoy it. A.” - Entertainment Weekly
“Catchy and approachable...There’s plenty of scientific rigor behind his elaborate explanations but he punctuates them with sly humor and winningly primitive cartoon diagrams...A cut above so many popular science and technology books.” - NPR.org
An unprecedented presidential biography. An unfiltered essay collection by a writer who might just be the voice of her generation. A revealing look at the surprising history of a colorful American icon. Seriously scientific answers to supremely silly questions. Enough mouth-watering recipes to fill your freezer for a month.
We all have that one friend who manages to find anything and everything online. She sends us the best links, tweets hilarious articles, and knows exactly which urls lead to endless entertainment. She’s the one who responds to everything you say with, “There’s a Tumblr for that.” For those web-savvy friends who keep us laughing at all […]
Science has given us video games, microwave burritos, and self-driving cars. It is the backbone of modern civilization. Yet many of us shy away from anything resembling scientific education, reasoning that it’s too boring or too complex. That’s where the following ten books come in. Written by some of the smartest folks in the world, all […]
Every mother is different, and those of us with a good mom in our lives know how lucky we are to have her. While it can take an entire lifetime to truly appreciate your mom, Mother’s Day is a great reminder to show your love. Whether you’re celebrating your own mother, or another wonderful woman in your life, […]
What I Know for Sure, by Oprah Winfrey, collects pearls of wisdom and life lessons from more than 14 years of her columns in O, The Oprah Magazine. These brief essays on finding joy, clarity, power, and possibility will empower and uplift readers. Though there is most definitely only one Oprah, Everybody’s Got Something, journalist Robin Roberts’ […]