The millions of people around the world wh
o read and loved What If? still have questions\, and those questions are g
etting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to hel
p. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest p
art is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening ever
yone&rsquo\;s freezer door at the same time? Maybe it&rsquo\;s time for a
brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want to know what would happen if yo
u rode a helicopter blade\, built a billion-story building\, made a lava l
amp out of lava\, or jumped on a geyser as it erupted? Okay\, if you insis
t. \;
Before you go on a cosmic road trip\, feed the residents of New York City to a T. rex\, or fill every ch urch with bananas\, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractica l ideas. Unfazed by absurdity\, Randall consults the latest research on ev erything from swing-set physics to airplane-catapult design to clearly and concisely answer his readers&rsquo\; questions. As he consistently demons trates\, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in ve ry specific extreme circumstances.
\nFilled with bonkers science\, b oundless curiosity\, and Randall&rsquo\;s signature stick-figure comics\, What if? 2 provides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you nev er thought to ask.
\nRandall Munroe is the creator of the webcomic x kcd and author of What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypotheti cal Questions\, Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words\, How T o: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real World Problems\, and What if? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. Randall was born in Easton\, Pennsylvania\, and grew up outside Richmond\ , Virginia. After studying physics at Christopher Newport University\, he got a job building robots at NASA Langley Research Center. In 2006 he left NASA to draw comics on the internet full time and has since been nominate d for a Hugo Award three times. In 2013\, the International Astronomical U nion named an asteroid after him: asteroid 4942 Munroe is big enough to ca use mass extinction if it ever hits a planet like Earth.
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