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

  • 4.33 ·
  • 89 Ratings
  • 270 Want to read
  • 20 Currently reading
  • 115 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
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English
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Jul 26, 2015, H&S, imusti
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What if?: serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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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

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Paperback
Number of pages
304

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Open Library
OL28375725M
Internet Archive
whatifserioussci0000munr_n0l4
ISBN 10
1848549563
ISBN 13
9781848549562

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