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Author(s): Randall Munroe

ISBN(s): B00IYUYF4A

Edition: 1

File Details: PDF, 13.64 MB

Year: 2014

Language: English

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ISBN 13: 978-
Author: Randall Munroe

From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.

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. What If? will be required reading for xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical.

What If Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions 1st Table of contents:

Introduction
- About the Book
- How to Read This Book
Chapter 1: The Science of the Absurd
- Understanding Hypotheticals
- Scientific Thinking vs. Imagination
Chapter 2: Space and Time
- What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
- What if you could walk through walls?
Chapter 3: The Earth and Its Environment
- What would happen if the Earth suddenly stopped rotating?
- How fast would the oceans boil if the Sun went out?
Chapter 4: The Human Body
- What if you had a machine that could instantly make you immune to disease?
- What would happen if every human on Earth jumped at the same time?
Chapter 5: The Universe
- What would happen if the Sun were replaced with a black hole of the same mass?
- Could you fit all the stars into a box?
Chapter 6: Technology and Innovation
- What if you built a wall of bricks, 1,000 miles high?
- What would happen if you used a giant vacuum cleaner to suck up the entire atmosphere?
Chapter 7: Future Science
- How would a human body survive on a new planet with higher gravity?
- What would happen if we reached a technological singularity?
Chapter 8: Absurd Situations and Answers
- What if a tornado hit a volcano?
- What if you lived in a world where everything was made of pudding?
Epilogue
- The Fun of Science
- Imagining the Impossible

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