Randall Munroe is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer, the science question-and-answer blog What If, and the popular webcomic xkcd. A former NASA roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet full-time.Munroe's new book is How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems.
One of six favorite books the author recommended at The Week magazine:
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (2007).Read about another entry on the list.
This book explores the question of what would happen to the planet if humans abruptly vanished. How would the things we've built fall apart? It's a thoughtful reflection on how humans have altered the world.
The World Without Us appears on Drew Williams's list of five books to help you recover from the loss of your planet, David Mitchell's six favorite books list, Annalee Newitz's list of thirty-five essential posthuman novels, and is one of Louise Erdrich's five most important books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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