02120cam a2200301 i 4500 884838923 TxAuBib 20230808120000.0 220304s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022001225 9780525537113 HRD 30.00 0525537112 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Munroe, Randall, author. What if? 2 [BOOK] : additional serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions / Randall Munroe. What if? two. New York : Riverhead Books, 2022. 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-347) and index. The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the Moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone’s freezer door at the same time? Maybe it’s time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want to know what would happen if you rode a helicopter blade, built a billion-story building, made a lava lamp out of lava, or jumped on a geyser as it erupted? Okay, if you insist. Before you go on a cosmic road trip, feed the residents of New York City to a T. rex, or fill every church with bananas, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. Unfazed by absurdity, Munroe consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airliner catapult–design to answer his readers’ questions, clearly and concisely, with illuminating and occasionally terrifying illustrations. Provided by publisher. 20230808. Science Miscellanea. Physics Miscellanea. Curiosities and wonders.