How to: absurd scientific advice for common real-world problems
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Published:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Unknown
ISBN:
9780525537090, 0525537090, 9780525537090

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-299) and index.
Description
For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Munroe, R. (2019). How to: absurd scientific advice for common real-world problems. Riverhead Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Munroe, Randall. 2019. How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-world Problems. Riverhead Books.

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Munroe, Randall, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-world Problems. Riverhead Books, 2019.

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Munroe, Randall. How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-world Problems. Riverhead Books, 2019.

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