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Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to open his hugely popular XKCD page, a “web cartoon of romantic, sarcastic, math, and language,” that provides an ingenious picture of the world of science and nerds. It now has 600,000 to a million pages of daily visits. Munroe occasionally receives an email asking her to select a scientific discussion. “My friend and I were arguing about what would happen if the bullet hit the flash and we agreed to act on it …” He really liked the questions that raised What if.
If the cells suddenly lost their dividing power, how long would you survive?
How dangerous is it to be in a storm in a swimming pool?
If we connected the turbines to the people working in the gyms, what kind of power could we produce?
What if everyone has one soul?
When (if ever) did the sun set in the British Empire?
How fast can you hit the speed while driving and while driving?
What if the moon goes away?
In search of answers, Munroe performs computer simulations, pores on piles of classified military research memories, solves differential equations, and consults nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, cartoons and memorable infographics. They often predict the complete destruction of humanity, or at least a really great explosion. Much more than a book of nerds, WHAT IF: Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions explain the laws of applied science so that all intelligent readers enjoy and read smarter.. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen