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What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Door Randall Munroe

Categorie
Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer
#377233-XE22
Titel
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Auteur
Munroe, Randall
Boektype
Gebonden met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : John Murray
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
1848549571
ISBN13
9781848549579
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original pictorial boards, illustrated endpapers, numerous illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd. com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions. How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day? In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations and consults nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by comics. They often predict the... (Lees verder) complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.
Pagina's
303
Conditie
Goed — Name on verso endpaper.
Prijs
€ 6,00

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