What If?
Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Audible Standard 30-day free trial
Buy Now for $19.81
-
Narrated by:
-
Wil Wheaton
-
Written by:
-
Randall Munroe
About this listen
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.
©2014 Randall Munroe (P)2014 Blackstone AudiobookEntertaining for your inner geek
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Interestingly Amusing
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Really enjoyable listen
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
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
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
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
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.