What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe
Descripción
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? What if everyone only had one soulmate? What would happen if the moon went away?
In pursuit of answers, Munroe ran computer simulations, pored over stacks of declassified military research memos, solved differential equations, and consulted 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.)
Far more than a book for geeks, What If? explains the laws of science in operation in a way that every intelligent reader will enjoy and feel much smarter for having read
Detalles
| Formato | Tapa dura |
| Número de Páginas | 320 |
| Lenguaje | Inglés |
| Editorial | Dey Street Books |
| Fecha de Publicación | 2014-09-02 |
| Dimensiones | 9.0" x 7.3" x 1.4" pulgadas |
| Letra Grande | No |
| Con Ilustraciones | No |
| Temas | Aspectos de Ciencia/Tecnología |
Acerca del Autor
Munroe, Randall
Randall Munroe is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer, the science question-and-answer blog What If, and the popular webcomic xkcd. A former NASA roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 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.
Garantía & Otros
| Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
| Peso: | 0.925 kg |
| SKU: | 9780544272996 |
| Publicado en Unimart.com: | 09/08/24 |
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