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Non-Fiction, Science & Maths, Popular Science

What If?2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe (author)

Paperback Published on: 31/08/2023

£12.99

5 reviews

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Sensible answers to stupid scientific questions

This book is utterly bonkers and stupid and also infinitely clever all at the same time. Some questions are relatively sane and sensible (if a little bizar... READ MORE

Richard Keay

Synopsis

What If you still had so many more strange questions about the universe?

And what if Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist and xkcd creator, were prepared to move mountains, fill the solar system with soup and alter the space-time continuum to answer them?

Whether it's how to make a lava lamp out of lava or feeding the inhabitants of New York to a T. Rex, welcome to the weird, wonderful (and sometimes terrifying) world of What If? 2

Publisher information

Publisher: John Murray Press
ISBN: 9781399811149
Number of pages: 368
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 30 mm
Weight: 297g
Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Great fun

The second what if? book is great fun. It again answers silly, ridiculous questions in a (semi) serious way. I found this an interesting book for the scien... READ MORE

Book collector

Good - but not worth the full price

I never read the first book, however, I was glad when the second one came onto a daily deal, enabling me to pick it up for 99p, rather than the £11.99 regu... READ MORE

Yonni.I

What if2

Excellent

George John

Brilliant for young minds who love maths, science and logic

My son who has just turned 11 loved the original book of this series, and is equally enjoying this one, which he got for his birthday. He's a big fan of a... READ MORE

Judith Brown