Randall Munroe
Randall Patrick Munroe is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic xkcd. Munroe has worked full-time on the comic since late 2006. In addition to publishing a book of the webcomic's strips, titled xkcd: Volume 0, he has written four books: What If?, Thing Explainer, How To, and What If?
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- Easton
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- Christopher Newport UniversityClover Hill High SchoolMathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill
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1984
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