Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff In Simple Words Fourth and lively essays - this

and lively essays - this atlas also offers kids the chance to link to National Geographic's vast archive of maps

and anteaters grapple with everyday life with wit and humor

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and various other miniature clothing items

We all know the stories--or do we

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff In Simple Words Fourth and lively essays - thisFrom the No. 1 bestselling author of What If? the man who created xkcd and explained the laws of science with cartoons comes a series of brilliantly simple diagrams ('blueprints' if you want to be complicated about it) that show how important things work: from the nuclear bomb to the biro. It's good to know what the parts of a thing are called, but it's much more interesting to know what they do. Richard Feynman once said that if you can't explain