What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe
ISBN: 9780544272996
Read Sept 6, 2014.
This was an awesome tour of applied sciences. From the standard "what if the sun went out?" to the specific "what if I went swimmng in a spent-nuclear-fuel pool?" to the obviously very concerning (sooo many questions about lightning strikes!) we get researched, fact-based answers (and some cartoons and bonus snarking) that reveals the usually pretty terrible things that would happen in most of our daydreaming "what if" scenarios.
Damn good writing, explaining, and selecting interesting questions to deal with. Including the un-answered "Weird (and Worrying) Questions" was brilliant.
My favorite probably is the detailed and gruesome explanation of why the periodic table is not at all like pokemon.
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