AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
An NPR Best Book of 2022
"The questions throughout What If? 2 are equal parts brilliant, gross,
and wonderfully absurd and the answers are thorough, deeply researched,
and great fun. . . . Science isn't easy, but in Munroe's capable hands,
it surely can be fun." --*TIME
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What If? and How To
answers more of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask
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.
As he consistently demonstrates, you can learn a lot from examining how
the world might work in very specific extreme circumstances.
