About the Book: What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd
Hypothetical Questions
The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have
questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator
Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the Moon back
to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the
atmosphere by opening everyones freezer door at the same time? Maybe its time
for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want to know what would happen if
you rode a helicopter blade, built a billion-story building, made a lava