Research Catalog

Title

What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions / Randall Munroe.

Author

Munroe, Randall

Publication

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

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Details

Description

xii, 303 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"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. "--

Subjects

• Science > Miscellanea
• SCIENCE / Physics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-303).

Call Number

JSD 15-35

ISBN

• 9780544272996
• 0544272994

LCCN

2014016311

OCLC

2014016311

Author

Munroe, Randall, author.

Title

What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions / Randall Munroe.

Publisher

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-303).

Research Call Number

JSD 15-35