An edition of What If? (1980)

What If? Signed Edition

Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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An edition of What If? (1980)

What If? Signed Edition

Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

  • 4.3 (103 ratings)
  • 427 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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Dey Street Books
Pages
320

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What If? Signed Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Nov 01, 2016, Dey Street Books
hardcover
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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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What if?: serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
in English

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

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hardcover
Number of pages
320

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OL36655658M
ISBN 10
0544979109
ISBN 13
9780544979109

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OL17095301W

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