An edition of What If? (1980)

What If?

Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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An edition of What If? (1980)

What If?

Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

  • 4.3 (103 ratings)
  • 419 Want to read
  • 31 Currently reading
  • 135 Have read

Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations, and consults with nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by signature xkcd comics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion. The book features new and never-before-answered questions, along with updated and expanded versions of the most popular answers from the xkcd website.

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H&S, imusti
Language
English
Pages
304

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What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Sep 13, 2022, Riverhead Books
hardcover in English
Cover of: What If?
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Jul 26, 2015, H&S, imusti
Paperback in English
Cover of: Cosa accadrebbe se?
Cosa accadrebbe se?: risposte scientifiche a domande ipotetiche assurde
2015, Bompiani
in Italian
Cover of: What if?
What if?: serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
in English

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Source title: What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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Library of Congress
Q173 .M965 2014

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
304

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL28375725M
ISBN 10
1848549563
ISBN 13
9781848549562

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Work ID
OL17095301W

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