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Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of this novel was published in September 2nd 2014, and was written by Randall Munroe. The book was published in multiple languages including English language, consists of 303 pages and is available in Hardcover format.
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Contents. Conception of the blog In the introduction section of the book, Randall Munroe recounts wondering as a child whether 'there were more hard things or soft things in the world', concluding that 'the world contained about three billion soft things and five billion hard things'. The conversation that was produced by this question impressed Munroe's mother to such a degree that she wrote it down. Though Munroe later stated that his question was rather meaningless, he used it as an example of how 'thoroughly answering a stupid question can take you to some pretty interesting places'. Since 2012, Munroe has been answering unusual questions sent in by readers of xkcd on his blog What If? The concept was inspired by a weekend program organized by the in which volunteers can teach classes to groups of high school students on any chosen subject.
Munroe signed up after hearing about it from a friend and decided to teach a class on. Though the lecture felt 'dry' at first, once Munroe started bringing up examples from and, the students became more excited. The entire second half of the class was eventually spent solving mathematical and physics problems. Munroe wrote the first entries a few years before the start of the blog, based on questions he was asked that day.
Because he was delayed in getting the website online, Munroe had a lot of time thinking about the design of the blog. He eventually chose to display his entries as individual pages rather than using an page, as he considers the latter more difficult to digest. Munroe usually chooses questions he already knows something interesting about, or after reading a, he keeps an eye out for questions in which he can bring it up. Munroe has said that the volume of questions has been high enough that it is impossible to read all of them. Answering a question and writing a post takes him about a day of solid work.
Production Munroe announced in March, 2014 that he had signed a deal with publisher to compile a large number of his What If? Entries into a book. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions would eventually be released in September that year. Book contains a selection of questions and answers from the original blog, as well as nineteen new ones. Furthermore, Munroe selected a few unanswered questions from his inbox and collected those in separate sections in the book., which was commonly used for illustrations on the original blog, was omitted from the book in many cases, though is sometimes included as small captions underneath the images. Instead, Munroe has added to the essays in the book to inform or entertain the reader.
The cover of the book depicts a being lowered into a from, a topic not covered in the book. Ardfry psd codec serial txtm. Is Munroe's second published book, his first being XKCD: Volume 0, a curated collection of xkcd comics released in 2009. Munroe released a third book, titled Thing Explainer, in 2015. Using mathematics and physics, Munroe concluded such a situation would result in a large explosion. Approaches its subject matter with a sense of wit and sometimes makes use of approximations to answer questions that seem impossible to solve. Most questions demand assumptions and cross-disciplinary science skills to answer, resulting in.
Is interspersed with 'charmingly-amateur' illustrations. The book also features periodic sections titled 'Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox', which are short collections of questions Munroe had not answered because he did not 'want to think about that'.
In an interview, Munroe stated that he 'never got past the initial mental image' of the question 'How cold would your teeth have to get in order for a cup of hot coffee to make them shatter on contact?' Reception The book was received positively by critics. Ethan Gilsdorf of the stated that 'it’s fun to watch as Munroe tackles each question and examines every possible complication.'
According to Gilsdorf, What If? Gives a view into 'Munroe’s playful yet existentially-tinged worldview' by contrasting cataclysmic scenarios with more heady ideas, such as examining the effects of a magnitude minus-7. The remarked that 'What makes Munroe's work so fantastic is a combination of two elements: his commitment to trying to answer even the weirdest question with solid science, and his undeniable sense of humor.' Rhett Allain of praised What If?
What If Serious Scientific Answers To Absurd Pdf
Because even his 12-year-old son was able to enjoy it, though he found a minor error in one of the sections. Sam Hewitt of and Marla Desat of noted that the first print run had some issues processing, as a square box was displayed where a is supposed to be printed. Was released on September 2, 2014 and reached the top of the on September 21, while getting featured as the ' Best Book of the Month'. The book was a 'Best Nonfiction' nominee in 2014 as well. Randall, Munroe. From the original on 2016-04-06. From the original on 2016-04-06.
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