
What If? 2
Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
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Narrated by:
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Wil Wheaton
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By:
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Randall Munroe
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What If? and How To answers more of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask
The millions of people around the world who loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the Moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone’s freezer door at the same time? Maybe it’s time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want to know what would happen if you rode a helicopter blade, built a billion-story building, made a lava lamp out of lava, or jumped on a geyser as it erupted? Okay, if you insist.
Before you go on a cosmic road trip, feed the residents of New York City to a T. rex, or fill every church with bananas, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. Unfazed by absurdity, Munroe consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airliner catapult design to answer his listeners’ questions, clearly and concisely. As he consistently demonstrates, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in very specific extreme circumstances.
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“A delight for science geeks with a penchant for oddball thought experiments.”—Kirkus
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I love everything except the narrator
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What if 3 please
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He takes the most bizarre, but usually innocent sounding, questions and applies the required math and science principles. The results are explained in hilarious fashion. The simplest questions sometimes have universe impacting results. He also keeps a handy list updated throughout the book of ideas that it might be best to avoid.
Nerdy science guys, like me, will find this book to be laugh out loud funny. Apparently, there are a lot of us, because this is the second best selling volume in the series. Highly recommended.
Randall Munroe makes science and math fun
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excellent book
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Must listen if you listened to book one!!!!
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entertaining
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fantastic
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Gave me side stitches from laughing
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