The Resource What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions, Randall Munroe
What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions, Randall Munroe
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The item What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions, Randall Munroe represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Effie and Wilton Hebert Public Library.
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- 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. "--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
- Title
- What if?
- Title remainder
- serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
- Statement of responsibility
- Randall Munroe
- Language
- eng
- 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. "--
- Summary
- The creator of the webcomic xkcd.com provides hilarious and scientifically informative answers to questions that can never be physically solved, but are fun to think about
- Award
- YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2016.
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- 500
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- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- Q173
- LC item number
- .M965 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
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- What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions, Randall Munroe
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- Control code
- ocn872620028
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 303 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544272996
- Lccn
- 2014016311
- Media category
- unmediated
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- ill.
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- What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions, Randall Munroe
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- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 303 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544272996
- Lccn
- 2014016311
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- ill.
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- (OCoLC)872620028
- (Sirsi) a1751311
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