{"id":786,"date":"2024-08-28T04:36:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T04:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/what-if-serious-scientific-answers-to-absurd-hypothetical-questions\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T04:36:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T04:36:12","slug":"what-if-serious-scientific-answers-to-absurd-hypothetical-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/what-if-serious-scientific-answers-to-absurd-hypothetical-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nPrice: <span style=\"color:#b12704\"><del>$30.00<\/del> - $15.86<\/span><br \/><i><small>(as of Aug 28, 2024 04:36:12 UTC &#8211; <span class=\"wp_automatic_amazon_disclaimer\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/dp\/0544272994?tag=musadiqhus0f2-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/valvepress.s3.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/buy_now.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe\u2019s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following.<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p> Publisher                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Dey Street Books; 1st Edition (September 2, 2014) <br \/> Language                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 English <br \/> Hardcover                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 352 pages <br \/> ISBN-10                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 0544272994 <br \/> ISBN-13                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 978-0544272996 <br \/> Item Weight                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 1.82 pounds <br \/> Dimensions                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 7 x 1.3 x 9 inches <\/p>\n<div id=\"product-summary\" data-hook=\"cr-insights-widget-summary\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none\">\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-medium\">\n<h3 class=\"a-size-base-plus a-color-base a-text-bold\">Customers say<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"a-spacing-small\"><span>Customers say the book is a clever mix of science and math that retains almost everything they learn. 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