What if? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (PB) - B-format

The Sunday Times bestseller! From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day? In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations and consults nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by comics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion. 'Munroe takes inane, useless and often quite pointless questions asked by real humans (mostly sent to him through his website), and turns them into beautiful expositions on the impossible that illuminate the furthest reaches, almost to the limits, of the modern sciences." - Newsweek.

Randall Munroe er manden bag den populære internetstribe xkcd.com, der på humoristisk vis præsenterer videnskabelige emner. I sin bog "What If?" prøver Munroe at besvare nogle af de mange, mærkelige spørgsmål hans fans har stillet ham igennem årene. Hvornår vil Facebook have flere profiler af døde mennesker end levende? Hvor mange mennesker ville en dinosaur i New York skulle spise hver dag for at overleve? I jagten på svar gennemgår Munroe gamle militære forskningsresultater, udvikler computersimulationer og interviewer atomreaktor operatører. "What If?" er ikke bare sjov læsning, det er også forbilledlig videnskabsformidling.

Randall Munroe er manden bag den populære internetstribe xkcd.com, der på humoristisk vis præsenterer videnskabelige emner. I sin bog "What If?" prøver Munroe at besvare nogle af de mange, mærkelige spørgsmål hans fans har stillet ham igennem årene. Hvornår vil Facebook have flere profiler af døde mennesker end levende? Hvor mange mennesker ville en dinosaur i New York skulle spise hver dag for at overleve? I jagten på svar gennemgår Munroe gamle militære forskningsresultater, udvikler computersimulationer og interviewer atomreaktor operatører. "What If?" er ikke bare sjov læsning, det er også forbilledlig videnskabsformidling.