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What If?Serious Scientific Answers To Absurd Hypothetical Questions

内容简介

Fromthecreatorofthewildlypopularxkcd.com,hilariousandinformativeanswerstoimportantquestionsyouprobablyneverthoughttoask.Millionsvisitxkcd.comeachweektoreadRandallMunroe'siconicwebcomic.Fansaskhimalotofstrangequestions:Howfastcanyouhitaspeedbump,driving,andlive?When(ifever)didthesungodownontheBritishEmpire?WhenwillFacebookcontainmoreprofilesofdeadpeoplethanliving?HowmanyhumanswouldaTRexrampagingthroughNewYorkneedtoeataday?Inpursuitofanswers,Munroerunscomputersimulations,poresoverstacksofdeclassifiedmilitaryresearchmemos,solvesdifferentialequationsandconsultsnuclearreactoroperators.Hisresponsesaremasterpiecesofclarityandhilarity,complementedbycomics.Theyoftenpredictthecompleteannihilationofhumankind,oratleastareallybigexplosion.

作者简介

兰道尔·门罗(RandallMunroe),曾在NASA工作,制造机器人。2006年成为全职网络漫画家,是美国最热门科普漫画网站xkcd的创立者。本书就是他的WhatIf科普问答专栏合集。国际天文学联合会最近将小行星4942命名为“门罗”。如果“门罗小行星”撞上地球,很可能会导致大灭绝。

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