![]() ![]() "I just try to draw about the things I think are funny and interesting and hope that there are people who feel the same way." "I don't worry too much about who's reading it," he said. The global popularity of his work comes as something of a surprise to Mr Munroe, who admitted he was not very good at market research or pandering to his devoted audience. "It pushes you into finding new ways to say things I had a lot of fun with it," Mr Munroe said.Īnd to make things even more challenging, he even wrote his own software to let him know when he was using a forbidden word. The challenge to explain complicated ideas in simple words was a gratifying one for the author. Using the most frequently used 1,000 words in the English language, The Thing Explainer simplifies topics as diverse as human cells (or "tiny bags of water you are made of" as the book calls them), inventions like aeroplanes ("sky boats") and particle colliders ("big tiny thing hitter"). I just try to draw about the things I think are funny and interesting and hope that there are people who feel the same way. ![]()
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