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What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe
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Absurd questions, rigorous answers: Munroe uses back-of-envelope physics to show how scientific reasoning handles the ridiculous.
The xkcd creator answers reader questions ('What if you tried to hit a baseball at the speed of light?') with real physics, careful estimation, and stick-figure comics.
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