EAN: 9780063412644

MUNROE RANDALL WHAT IF? 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

A special 10th anniversary edition of the million-copy bestseller What If? from the creator of
the wildly popular webcomic xkcd --revised and annotated with brand-new illustrations and
answers to important questions you never thought to ask. 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? What if everyone only had one soulmate? What would
happen if the moon went away? 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 his signature xkcd comics. (They often predict the complete annihilation of
humankind  or at least a really big explosion.) In celebration of 10 years of unusual insight 
Randall Munroe has revised his classic blockbuster to ask what if? x 10. The result is 10x the
adventure of scientific inquiry. Featuring brand-new 2-color annotations and illustrations 
this special anniversary edition is far more than a book for geeks  What If? explains the laws
of science in operation in a way that every intelligent reader will enjoy and feel much smarter
for having read.

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