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Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
Statistics -- Miscellanea.
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Munroe, Randall.
Science -- Miscellanea.
Physics -- Miscellanea.
Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
Statistics -- Miscellanea.
MARC Display
What
if
? :
serious
scientific
answers
to
absurd
hypothetical
questions
/ Randall Munroe.
by
Munroe, Randall.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]
Call #:
502 M968w
Subjects
Science -- Miscellanea.
Physics -- Miscellanea.
Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
Statistics -- Miscellanea.
ISBN:
9780544272996 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Serious
scientific
answers
to
absurd
hypothetical
questions
Description:
xii, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-303).
Contents:
Global windstorm -- Relativistic baseball -- Spent fuel pool -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #1 -- New York-style time machine -- Soul mates -- Laser pointer -- Periodical wall of the elements -- Everybody jump -- A mole of moles -- Hair dryer -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #2 -- The last human light -- Machine-gun jetpack -- Rising steadily -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #3 -- Orbital submarine -- Short-answer section -- Lightning -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #4 -- Human computer -- Little planet -- Steak drop -- Hockey puck -- Common cold -- Glass half empty -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #5 -- Alien astronomers -- No more DNA -- Interplanetary Cessna -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #6 -- Yoda -- Flyover states -- Falling with helium -- Everybody out -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #7 -- Self-fertilization -- High throw -- Lethal neutrinos -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #8 -- Speed bump -- Lost immortals -- Orbital speed -- FedEx bandwidth -- Free fall -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #9 -- Sparta -- Drain the oceans -- Drain the oceans : part II -- Twitter -- Lego bridge -- Longest sunset -- Random sneeze call -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #10 -- Expanding Earth -- Weightless arrow -- Sunless Earth -- Updating a printed Wikipedia -- Facebook of the dead -- Sunset on the British Empire -- Stirring tea -- All the lightning -- Loneliest human -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #11 -- Raindrop -- SAT guessing -- Neutron bullet -- Weird (and worrying)
questions
from the
What
if
? inbox, #12 -- Richter 15.
Summary:
Millions of people visit xkcd.com, "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language" each week to enjoy Randall Munroe's creations. 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
.
Genre:
Questions
and
answers
.
Webcomics.
Other authors:
xkcd.com (Firm)
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