Florent Brassart

This book is funny, clever and quirky, I love it!

This book answers to questions that can seem dumb with as much scientifical seriousness as possible.
The topics are (very) diverse, going from the power output of Master Yoda to swimming in a nuclear reactor pool without a proper suit.

Always interesting, always funny, Randall Munroe captivated me throughout the entire book.
Every chapter made me say “One last chapter and I'll have a break”.
This book made me understand how tiny we are in this huge universe.

Every chapter contains goofy gags portraying the absurd situations (with adorable stickmen!).
These sketches are perfect to take a break between two complex mathematical formulas.

Unfortunately, patterns start to emerge after the first half of the book.
It was rare, but some questions are similar in the way they have been answered.

In conclusion, this book is interesting and very funny.
I really love this book, it made me realize that knowledge can come from unexcepted places!

Simple and really addictive. Its characters are a major point. Quite long but never verbose, I loved reading it!

Very repetitive, but clever.
A lot of points are good but the way the author writes about them gets old really fast.

It was impossible for me to put down this book, I read it in less than a week. The universe created by the author is captivating and even believable. The characters are few, but each one brings a lot to the story. I loved following Piranesi, who shares his original and enriching thoughts.

Le livre est assez répétitif et donne des conseils plutôt basiques.
Certains conseils sont bons cela dit !

Je regrette que le bouquin ne soit pas vraiment adapté à la culture française, beaucoup trop de phrases proposées ne seront pas naturelles une fois transposées dans un contexte français.