Using the ten hundred most used words.
This is derived from Randall Munroe’s new book, “Thing Explainer.”
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
“Thing Explainer” is derived from Munroe’s cartoon “Up-Goer Five,” which describes the Saturn V using the thousand most common words in English. And the Up-Goer Five schematic was derived from the Saturn V diagram that you can get for your own self from yours truly, in three formats:
Saturn V electronic format blueprints are available HERE
Saturn V cyanotype (old-school hand-made) blueprints are available HERE
Saturn V digitally printed blueprints are available HERE
Update: I saw a copy of “Thing Explainer” today. Looks like a great book. A sad note, though: the original illustration of the Up-Goer Five had a small reference to up-ship.com on it; the book version does not. Well, poop. I was hoping for a flood of new customers…