TY  - BOOK
AU  - Munroe,Randall
TI  - What if?: serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions 
SN  - 9781848549562
AV  - Q173 .M965 2022
U1  - 500 23/eng/20231120
PY  - 2022///
CY  - London
PB  - John Murray
KW  - Science
KW  - Miscellanea
KW  - Physics
KW  - Curiosities and wonders
KW  - cct
N1  - Originally published: 2014; Reissue: 2022; Other variant titles : Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions; P.B; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - 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
ER  -