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An edition of What If? (1980)

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

  • 4.3 (103 ratings)
  • 428 Want to read
  • 31 Currently reading
  • 136 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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Cover of: What If? 10th Anniversary Edition
Cover of: What If? Tenth Anniversary Edition
What If? Tenth Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2024, HarperCollins Publishers
in English
Cover of: What If?
What If?
2024, Hachette UK
eBook
Cover of: What If? 2
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2023, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: What If?
Cover of: What If? 2
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2022, Penguin Publishing Group
hardcover in English
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What If? 2
Sep 01, 2022, PENGUIN US
paperback
Cover of: What If? 2
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2022, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: What If? 2
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Sep 13, 2022, Riverhead Books
hardcover in English
Cover of: What if? 2
What if? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2022, Riverhead Books
Hardcover
Cover of: Hoe dan?
Hoe dan?: bizarre wetenschappelijke adviezen voor alledaagse problemen
Jun 03, 2021, Unieboek | Het Spectrum
paperback in Dutch
Cover of: What if? Was wäre wenn?
Cover of: Wat als?
Wat als?: serieuze wetenschappelijke antwoorden op absurde hypothetische vragen
2019-06-03, UNIEBOEK | HET SPECTRUM
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What if?
Mar 22, 2018, VIVAT
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What If? Signed Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Nov 01, 2016, Dey Street Books
hardcover
Cover of: WHAT IF?
WHAT IF?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Jun 01, 2016, Beijing United Publishing co., LTD
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Farz Edelim Ki
Oct 28, 2016, Pegasus
paperback
Cover of: What if? Was wäre wenn?
What if? Was wäre wenn?: Wirklich wissenschaftliche Antworten auf absurde hypothetische Fragen
Nov 14, 2016, Albrecht Knaus Verlag
hardcover in German - Erweiterte Fan-Edition in limitierter Auflage
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Cover of: What If? Was wäre wenn?
What If? Was wäre wenn?: Wirklich wissenschaftliche Antworten auf absurde hypothetische Fragen
14. November 2016, Penguin Verlag
Taschenbuch in German
Cover of: ¿Qué pasaría si?? / What If?
Cover of: What If?
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2015, unknown
Paperback in English
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What if?: A co gdyby?
Jan 01, 2015, Czarna Owca
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2015, unknown
eBook in English - eBook
Cover of: Cosa accadrebbe se?
Cosa accadrebbe se?: risposte scientifiche a domande ipotetiche assurde
2015, Bompiani
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Jul 26, 2015, H&S, imusti
Paperback in English
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Cover of: What If?
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Sep 02, 2014, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
mp3 cd
Cover of: What If?
Cover of: What If?
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2014, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: What If?
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Nov 18, 2014, imusti, John Murray Publishers Ltd
hardcover
Cover of: What If?
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
in English
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co kdyby?: Vážné vědecké odpovědi na absurdní vědecké otázky
2014, Práh
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Sep 01, 2014, Blackstone Pub
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What If?: Special Sales Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2014, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: What If?
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
in English
Cover of: What If?
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Sep 02, 2014, Blackstone Publishing
audio cd
Cover of: What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Sep 14, 2014, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
audio cd
Cover of: What if?
What if?: serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
in English
Cover of: What If?
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2014, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: What If? Was Wäre Wenn?
What If? Was Wäre Wenn?
Sep 08, 2014, Albrecht Knaus Verlag
perfect paperback in German
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¿QUÉ PASARÍA SI.. .?: RESPUESTAS SERIAS Y CIENTÍFICAS A TODO TIPO DE PREGUNTAS ABSURDAS
2002, Aguilar, S. A. de Ediciones-Grupo Santillana
in Spanish
Cover of: What If
What If
Nov 19, 1980, Prentice-Hall
hardcover
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Munroe: What If?2
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audio cd
Number of pages
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Open Library
OL30149561M
ISBN 10
1483030202
ISBN 13
9781483030203

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OL17095301W

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