Page de couverture de What If? 2

What If? 2

Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

 Aperçu
Essayer pour 0,00 $
Choisissez 1 livre audio par mois dans notre incomparable catalogue.
Écoutez à volonté des milliers de livres audio, de livres originaux et de balados.
L'abonnement Premium Plus se renouvelle automatiquement au tarif de 14,95 $/mois + taxes applicables après 30 jours. Annulation possible à tout moment.

What If? 2

Auteur(s): Randall Munroe
Narrateur(s): Wil Wheaton
Essayer pour 0,00 $

14,95$ par mois après 30 jours. Annulable en tout temps.

Acheter pour 29,14 $

Acheter pour 29,14 $

À propos de cet audio

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What If? and How To answers more of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask

The millions of people around the world who loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the Moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone’s freezer door at the same time? Maybe it’s time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want to know what would happen if you rode a helicopter blade, built a billion-story building, made a lava lamp out of lava, or jumped on a geyser as it erupted? Okay, if you insist.

Before you go on a cosmic road trip, feed the residents of New York City to a T. rex, or fill every church with bananas, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. Unfazed by absurdity, Munroe consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airliner catapult design to answer his listeners’ questions, clearly and concisely. As he consistently demonstrates, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in very specific extreme circumstances.

©2022 Randall Munroe (P)2022 Penguin Audio Physique Science Mathématiques

Ce que les critiques en disent

“A delight for science geeks with a penchant for oddball thought experiments.”—Kirkus
Tout
Les plus pertinents
Randall Munroe is, as always, funny and dangerously educating. The performance of Wil is also as expected, great.

Awesome, as always.

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
I really like the book though it's a fair bit shorter than the original. If you were to go for just one to start with, start at the beginning book one or you might be a little lost.

Wildly fun and learned.

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
I was a bit hesitant to buy this, seeing as how it lacks the comics that Randal Munroe likes to pepper into his WHAT IF? answers.

It was so worth it.

Wil Wheaton does a stellar job of narrating this. You can HEAR the glee in his voice as he discusses how some part of an obscure question leads to the destruction of the Earth, hear the snark in sarcastic comments, hear the incredulity as he reads some of the 'concerning' questions, and - my sides! - hear him make silly voices when he reads the comic parts out loud.

The actual text is fun as well. Even though there are no diagrams to follow along, you still get very good explanations for questions you never thought you'd ask!

The main complaint I have is that it's hard to stop in the middle of an explanation. You don't want to leave it for hours, because when you come back you'll be 25 minutes into an explanation for why you'd be stuck in the air with pigeons wondering how you got there (not a hypothetical situation). Other than that, no reservations about this book.

A zany, educational romp

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Content-wise, I enjoyed the first book much more. I also found Wil Wheaton’s over-expression close to annoying.

Not as good as the first book but still entertaining

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Such a good book full of I sight into science. I would recommand the book for nerdy people and people who are interested in science

Funny as always

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
I listened to the fist book a-lot, then i heard about number 2 on dear hank and john. This book was just as good as number 1

I enjoyed this book

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
I bought this book as soon as I saw it, I was very tight on money that week and lived off of Kraft Dinner only. Totally worth it 👍

Amazing As Always

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Thought provoking, whimsically terrifying analysis of far reaching questions. loved this. The performance was typical of Wil Wheaton: Brilliant and charming.

incredibly fun

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
I loved the first book in this series and was so pleased to find out there is a sequel! It’s everything I expected and more. Each chapter is new and interesting. The amount of work that it must have took to create this book must have been immense. I highly recommend it!

Amazing!

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
I like Will Wheaton but I just can’t stand his narration in this audio book…..

Don’t know what to make of this book

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Voir plus de commentaires