How To, Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Munroe, Randall -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Disclaimer Introduction Chapter 1: How to Jump Really High Chapter 2: How to Throw a Pool Party

In-Ground Pool Alternative: Above-Ground Pool Get Some Water Internet Water Attack the Bottles Industrial Shredders Let Someone Else Do the Work Get Water by Making It Get Water from the Air Get Water from the Sea Get Water from the Land

Chapter 3: How to Dig a Hole

Digging with a Shovel Buried Pirate Treasure Oak Island Money Pit Vacuum Excavation The Biggest Holes

Chapter 4: How to Play the Piano How to Listen to Music Chapter 5: How to Make an Emergency Landing

How to Land on a Farm How to Land on a Ski Jump How to Land on an Aircraft Carrier How to Land on a Hostile Aircraft Carrier How to Land on a Train How to Land on a Submarine How to Land from the Cockpit Doorway How to Land a Space Shuttle in Downtown La How to Find a Place to Land the Shuttle How to Land a Plane from the Outside How to Fly Through the Chunnel How to Land Dangling from a Construction Crane How to Get Out of Your Plane and into One That Has More Fuel How to Land a Shuttle if It’s Attached to the Carrier Aircraft How to Land in the International Space Station How to Sell Parts from a Plane Mid-Flight How to Land a Falling House How to Land a Delivery Drone How to Land a Roc

Chapter 6: How to Cross a River

Jump Over It Go Across the Surface Other Phases of Matter Kites

Chapter 7: How to Move

Move Without Packing Flying Home Moving In Unpacking

Chapter 8: How to Keep Your House from Moving How to Chase a Tornado Chapter 9: How to Build a Lava Moat

Making Lava Keeping Lava Molten Cooling

Chapter 10: How to Throw Things

Washington’s Throw

Chapter 11: How to Play Football

Throw the Ball into the Goal Take the Ball to the Goal Yourself

Chapter 12: How to Predict the Weather

Computers Red Sky at Night Golden Hour

How to Go Places Chapter 13: How to Play Tag

How to Catch a Long-Distance Runner How to Escape a Marathon Champion

Chapter 14: How to Ski

When You Reach the Bottom What to Do if You Run Out of Snow Make the Process More Efficient

Chapter 15: How to Mail a Package

Reentry Heating The Apollo Suitcases Send a Letter Mir Addressing

Chapter 16: How to Power Your House (on Earth)

Part 1: Solum Part 2: Inferno Part 3: Coelum Epilogue: Space Itself

Chapter 17: How to Power Your House (on Mars)

Phobos Tether Wind Turbines When Phobos Lands

Chapter 18: How to Make Friends How to Blow Out Birthday Candles How to Walk a Dog Chapter 19: How to Send a File Chapter 20: How to Charge Your Phone

Water Air Fire Escalators

Chapter 21: How to Take a Selfie

Wide-Angle Selfies Take Cooler Selfies by Messing with Your Field of View Moon Selfie Venus/Jupiter Selfie Occultation Selfies

Chapter 22: How to Catch a Drone Chapter 23: How to Tell if You’re a Nineties Kid

Chicken Pox Parties Scars Your Name Radioactive Teeth

Chapter 24: How to Win an Election

Trick Voters into Picking Your Name by Mistake Convincing Lots of Voters to Support You

Chapter 25: How to Decorate a Tree

Displaying the Tree

How to Build a Highway Chapter 26: How to Get Somewhere Fast

Space Travel at 1 G More Distant Destinations Around the Universe in 80 Years

Chapter 27: How to Be on Time

Atomic Clocks Changing Day Lengths Leap Seconds

Chapter 28: How to Dispose of This Book

Air Disposal Ocean Disposal Time Disposal Disposal of an Indestructible or Cursed Book Subduction Shoot It into the Sun How to Preserve This Book

Acknowledgements References Index How to Change a Light Bulb About the Author