Thing explainer : complicated stuff in simple words / by Munroe, Randall

Table of Contents: “…Space Team's Up Goer Five: Saturn V rocket -- Sky boat pusher: Jet engine -- Stuff you touch to fly a sky boat: Cockpit -- Big tiny thing hitter: Large Hardon Collider -- Power boxes: Batteries -- Hole-making city boat: Oil rig -- Stuff in the Earth we can burn: Mines -- Tall roads: Bridges -- Bending computer: Laptop -- Worlds around the sun: Solar system -- Picture taker: Camera -- Writing sticks: Pen and pencil -- Hand computer: Smart phone -- Colors of light: Electromagnetic spectrum -- The sky at night: Night sky -- The pieces everything is made of: Periodic table -- Our star: Sun -- How to count things: Units of measurement -- Room for helping people: Hospital bed -- Playing fields: Athletic fields -- Earth's past: Geologic periods of Earth -- Tree of life: Life's family tree -- The ten hundred words people use the most: The ten hundred most common words in our language -- Sky toucher: Skyscraper.…”