What If? 2

A hilariously entertaining book that sets out to do what it says. People send in absurd, hypothetical questions, and the author seriously tries to answer them using what science knows about how the world works.

The result is a popular science book that entertains, yet educates, and makes you think about how the world could work if situations in the questions could really come about.

The author is, of course, careful to put disclaimers at various points of the book, telling the readers to absolutely, definitely, not to try out some of the answers for real. Doing so would probably get the reader in trouble with the law, lose his life, destroy the earth or the universe, or all of the above.

Physics, Math, Chemistry used to solve often ridiculous questions. Unlike the first book, these questions and answers were not published in advance on xkcd, and the result is better for it. Many cartoons also help describe both questions and answers.

I've just learned the audiobook version of this is read by Wil Wheaton, and now I need to add this version to my "to be read" pile. How is that going to work? I look forward to finding out. Is there an audiobook version of the first book? Another good question to research.

I may seem like a fan boy, rating everything Randall has written as 5 star - but to date, that is the accurate rating. Go get this today - you should enjoy it!

A highly entertaining, educational read, with (at times disconcerting) questions brought to Munroe. Would have been nice if he added a few of his own ponderings, but at least I know the answers to a lot of things I'd be too sensible to deem possible. Granted, there was one question in there that younger, less jaded me had on her mind.

Enjoyable edutainment at some of its finest.

Excellent humor but also surprisingly educational. For everyone interested in science.