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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe ebook
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: pdf
Page: 320
ISBN: 9780544272996

Mar 12, 2014 - Called What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, Munroe's book will be a collection of questions and answers from his “What If?” side-project, which can also be found on the XKCD website. It's not the regular comic, though; it's from his “What If” sideline, where he gives more or less straight answers to generally absurd hypothetical questions. Munroe and his online comic, xkcd, have been lodestars. Danny Faulkner, who, for a change, actually has some scientific credentials: a B.S. A hypothetical question: If I write “I have not found a purple polka-dotted penguin in my bedroom”, and some-one else writes “Roy expects to find a 'purple polka-dotted penguin' in the rest of his house”, is that quote-mining? If this is what “the intelligent design .. Sep 2, 2011 - This might make for a mildly interesting, if outlandish, science fiction story, but the source of your belief system? And PhD (Astronomy, Indiana University), had this to say Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey, if the first segment is any indication, will attempt to package unconditional blind faith in evolution as scientific literacy in an effort to create interest in science. @Roger Moore: Well, to be serious (not my usual default), bearer bonds are pretty rare these days. Mar 13, 2014 - Answers in Genesis is a huge backer of what is called “young Earth creationism” and their pet astronomer, Dr. If you're going to base your life philosophy on absurd myths, why not choose something a bit more interesting? Mar 23, 2014 - For a generation of computer programmers, astrophysicists and other scientists, Mr. Mar 15, 2014 - Far more than a book for geeks, WHAT IF: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions explains the laws of science in operation in a way that every intelligent reader will enjoy and feel much the smarter for having read. Says: March 24, 2014 at 12:46 am. Mar 24, 2014 - What-If-Gear-Patrol, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions If you're a realist, this book might make you very upset. Dec 8, 2013 - And once again, Arrington and his band of Merry Men demonstrate that the “science” of intelligent design relies on simplistic answers to poorly-formulated questions.