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What If?

Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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What If?

Auteur(s): Randall Munroe
Narrateur(s): Wil Wheaton
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From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd comes this hilarious and informative book of answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.

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 of the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there were 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 listening for xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Stuff you want to ask, and stuff you can't believe anybody would ask all explained, extrapolated and then the extrapolation explained, in exacting detail. I found it entertaining. Actual physics and chemistry applied to crazy premises. Wil Wheaton as always does an excellent job on the narration. Some people might find the science a bit dense, I found it entertaining. To let my biases be known, I typically like things narrated by Wil Wheaton and I am a fan of XKCD so I appreciate the author's humour.

Entertaining for your inner geek

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Never heard more ridiculous questions with non-ridiculous answers. Wil Wheaton does a great job narrating as well.

Interestingly Amusing

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Fun science and really interesting stuff. My only gripe is that Wil Wheaton didn't really do it for me as the voice.

Really enjoyable listen

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the scales of consequences are just epic !!!
he explains consequences to such levels, it's just mind blowing

and even if it sound dumb at fort, you may learn nice stuff about phisics

great narrator !!!

epic stories

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I read What If? years ago and loved it. Listening to Wil Wheaton narrate it made it an even better book! His comedic timing and delivery are brilliant.

When I saw that this title was included in the Audible Plus Catalogue I knew I had to listen to it. It comes with a PDF of the comics, so if you love Randall Munroe’s humorous drawings, you won’t miss out on them.

Some of my favourite questions answered are:
1) What if you built a periodic table using the actual elements?
2) What if everybody had a soulmate?
3) What if someone was rising a foot a second?
4) What would happen if a hair dryer with continuous power was turned on and put in an airtight box? (It’s funnier than it seems)
5) What if we drain the oceans?
6) What if Richter 15?

Perfect Narration

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A fun look at ridiculous situations. It’s entertaining for all ages and education levels. Wheaton is a great reader and you’ll probably learn some things too! (Although questionable how much you can apply)

Very funny and educational

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for anyone with a science itch or those curious about what would actually happen if your math/physics problems came to life.

this book was fantastically written and if you know will wheaton from his other works, you will quickly see how this genre of books are a perfect fit for him to read to you.

brilliant writing with the perfect narrator.

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This was a fun collection of scientifically accurate answers to some far-out questions. It would have already been fun to read, and listening to Will Wheaton's narration put it over the top. Loved it!

Fun!

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a great listen, for the curious mind, and wil wheaton is great as a narrator.

If You Are The Easily Curious Type

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This is now arguably my favourite Audible title (competing against Bill Bryson with A Short History of Nearly Everything). I laughed raucously out loud, I snorted and wheezed. I was silent with rapt attention and suspense. The cover illustration KILLED me!! I texted many MANY friends and family while listening because I couldn’t wait to share the endlessly entertaining AND informative listen. Next up? I’m going to buy the print version so I can enjoy it again. This will be a much repeated listen - Wil Wheaton NAILS this narration.

So damn much fun!!!

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