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{{Quote|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: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems'' is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's the world's least useful self-help book.|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://xkcd.com/how-to/ Source]}}
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[[File:HowTo.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The cover of the book]]
 
 
[[File:HowTo.jpg|260px|right|thumb|The original cover of the book.]]
 
[[File:HowToAlt.png|260px|right|thumb|The new cover of the book.]]
 
 
'''''How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems''''' is a book by [[Randall|Randall Munroe]].  
 
'''''How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems''''' is a book by [[Randall|Randall Munroe]].  
  
Randall explains it this way: "It describes how to cross a river by removing all the water, outlines some of the many uses for lava around the home, and teaches you how to use experimental military research to ensure that your friends will never again ask you to help them move."
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Randall explains it this way: "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. This book is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's the world's least useful self-help book."
  
The book became available on September 3, 2019. However, he began promoting it in the [[Header text|header text]] at the top of the comic on [[Header text#2019-02-06_-_How_to_book|February 2019]]. Since then, the header has most of the time been a promotion for the book.
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The book became available on September 3, 2019. However, he began promoting it in the [[xkcd Header text]] at the top of the comic on [[xkcd_Header_text#2019-02-06_-_How_to_book|February 2019]]. Since then, the header has most of the time been a promotion for the book.
  
A month before the release, he made an entire comic about the book (not a real comic but a temporary one-day comic): [[Disappearing Sunday Update]].
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A month before the release, he made an entire comic about the book (not a real comic but a temporary one day comic): [[Disappearing Sunday Update]].
  
 
Also a month before the release, he wrote an article in the {{w|New York Times}} promoting his book which featured excerpts from the chapter “How to Predict the Weather” titled “[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/science/what-makes-a-red-sky-at-night-and-at-morning.html What Makes a Red Sky at Night (and at Morning)]”.
 
Also a month before the release, he wrote an article in the {{w|New York Times}} promoting his book which featured excerpts from the chapter “How to Predict the Weather” titled “[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/science/what-makes-a-red-sky-at-night-and-at-morning.html What Makes a Red Sky at Night (and at Morning)]”.
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Ten days after the release, {{w|Time (magazine)}} wrote an article featuring excerpts from the chapter “How to Produce Energy” titled “[https://time.com/5669085/xkcd-randall-munroe-producing-energy/ This Comic Creator Hopes His Terrible Ideas for Producing Energy Will Inspire You to Think of Better Ones]”
 
Ten days after the release, {{w|Time (magazine)}} wrote an article featuring excerpts from the chapter “How to Produce Energy” titled “[https://time.com/5669085/xkcd-randall-munroe-producing-energy/ This Comic Creator Hopes His Terrible Ideas for Producing Energy Will Inspire You to Think of Better Ones]”
 
The book has its very own page on Wikipedia: "{{w|How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems}}"
 
  
 
==Chapters==
 
==Chapters==
 
[[File:HowTo1.png|200px|right]]
 
[[File:HowTo1.png|200px|right]]
[[File:HowTo2.png|200px|right]]
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* How to Jump Really High
[[File:HowTo3.png|200px|right]]
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* How to Throw a Pool Party
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:''[https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/02/how-to-chapter-list-and-introduction/ Introduction]''
 
* [https://www.amazon.com/How-Absurd-Scientific-Real-World-Problems/dp/0525537090/#reader_0525537090 How to Jump Really High]
 
* [https://www.amazon.com/How-Absurd-Scientific-Real-World-Problems/dp/0525537090/#reader_0525537090 How to Throw a Pool Party]
 
 
* How to Dig a Hole
 
* How to Dig a Hole
 
* How to Play the Piano
 
* How to Play the Piano
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* How to Change a Light Bulb
 
* How to Change a Light Bulb
  
==External links==
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==See also==
*[https://xkcd.com/how-to/ How to]
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*[[what if (blog)]]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_To:_Absurd_Scientific_Advice_for_Common_Real-World_Problems This page at Wikipedia]
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*[[Thing Explainer]]
  
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