What If? by Randall Munroe audiobook

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

By Randall Munroe
Read by Wil Wheaton

Blackstone Publishing 9780544272996
6.60 Hours • • Unabridged
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From the creator ofthe wildly popular webcomic xkcd comes this hilarious and informative book of answersto important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read RandallMunroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology,language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd askMunroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitchedat 90 percent of the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump whiledriving and live? If there were a robot apocalypse, how long would humanitylast? In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations,pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differentialequations, and consults with nuclear reactor operators. His responses aremasterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by signature xkcd comics.They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a reallybig explosion. The book features new and never-before-answered questions,along with updated and expanded versions of the most popular answers from thexkcd website. What If? will berequired reading for xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical.

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Summary

Summary

A #1 New York Times bestseller

A USA Today bestseller

A #1 NPR bestseller

An Audible Editors Top Pick of Favorite Audiobooks

A #1 Publishers Weekly bestseller

A 2014 Entertainment Weekly Best Book for Fiction

An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year for 2014

One of Barnes & Noble's Biggest Books, September 2014

An Amazon Best Book of 2014

A 2016 YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults in Nonfiction

A Library Journal bestseller

From the creator ofthe wildly popular webcomic xkcd comes this hilarious and informative book of answersto important questions you probably never thought to ask.

Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read RandallMunroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology,language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd askMunroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitchedat 90 percent of the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump whiledriving and live? If there were a robot apocalypse, how long would humanitylast?

In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations,pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differentialequations, and consults with nuclear reactor operators. His responses aremasterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by signature xkcd comics.They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a reallybig explosion.

The book features new and never-before-answered questions,along with updated and expanded versions of the most popular answers from thexkcd website. What If? will berequired reading for xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“What If? is one of my Internet must-reads, and I look forward to each new installment, and always read it with delight.” —Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author
“Required reading across the world.” —New York Times
“Munroe applies reason and research to hypothetical conundrums ranging from the philosophical to the scientific (often absurd but never pseudo) that probably seemed awesome in your elementary school days—but were never sufficiently answered. It’s the rare combination of edifying and fun.” —Amazon.com, editorial review
“Who better than Wil Wheaton, formerly of Star Trek, to narrate this romp through the world of Randall Munroe—physicist, roboticist, and editor of the website xkcd?…Wheaton’s ambitious performance meshes perfectly with the perspectives and humor of the author. Missing from the audio are the signature stick-figure cartoons from the printed book and website, but Wheaton’s outstanding inflections, pacing, cadence, and timing more than compensate for the loss. So if you want to be thoroughly entertained while discovering what would happen if the world suddenly stopped spinning or a drain appeared in the bottom of the ocean, this audiobook deserves space on your listening device.” —AudioFile

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Author

Author Bio: Randall Munroe

Author Bio: Randall Munroe

Randall Munroe is the author of the popular webcomic xkcd and the science question-and-answer blog What If? Randall was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, and grew up outside Richmond. After graduating with a degree in physics from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, he got a job building robots at NASA’s Langley Research Center. In 2006 he left NASA to draw comics on the Internet full time, supporting himself through the sale of xkcd t-shirts, prints, posters, and books. He likes candlelight dinners and long walks on the beach—very long walks. Lots of people say they like long walks on the beach, but then they get out on the beach, and after just an hour or two, they say they’re getting tired. Bring a tent. He lives in Massachusetts.

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Available Formats : Digital Download, Digital Rental, CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Humor
Runtime: 6.60
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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