Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to What is Fire?
An illustrated explanation, from Hardbound
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. What is Fire? launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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How Magnets Work▲126You've always wondered, haven't you? (a Hardbound story)
2016 · its alternatives →
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A less-than-factual guide to our amazing world
2015 · fakescience.org · its alternatives →
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Understand energy's place in both past & present society
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Science + storytelling to explain the mysteries of survival
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · themeteorbook.com · its alternatives →
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An intuitive, illustrated, animated explanation
2016 · its alternatives →
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A field guide to the senses. Pop science at its best.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A lively presentation of the theory of relativity.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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What If?▲107Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
2015 · whatif.xkcd.com · its alternatives →
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Lean and lucid descriptions of modern physics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A pilot explores (and explains) the phenomenon of flight
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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