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Explaining the world
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Have great conversations about ideas through simple and insightful sketches. Visual explanations that are fast to read, fun to share, and hard to forget.
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I'm an author and illustrator creating one of the world's largest libraries of hand-drawn sketches that make complex ideas easy to understand.
Sketchplanations have been shared millions of times and are used in books, articles, classrooms and presentations around the world. Explore nearly 1,000 sketches explaining ideas from psychology and science to business and everyday life.
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The Ordering Problem: Reasonable decisions that lead to dumb outcomes
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Buridan's Ass
The Wisdom Paradox
Thumbtrap
Night owls and early birds
The Rose Bush Rule
Endonym and exonym
Melody and Harmony
Fast Pool, Slow Pool
Wooden's 8 Laws of Learning
Einstein's Mirror
Trying New Things
Little Openings
Understanding El Niño
Opening stubborn jars: an escalation of methods
I will study and get ready and perhaps my chance will come — Abraham Lincoln
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In a Book: Big Ideas Little Pictures
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Absorb big ideas with crystal-clear understanding through this collection of 135 visual explanations. Including 24 exclusive new sketches and enhanced versions of classic favourites, each page shares life-improving ideas through beautifully simple illustrations.
Perfect for curious minds and visual learners alike.
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