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

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內容簡介 廣大讀者瘋狂敲碗，《如果這樣，會怎樣？》作者 蘭德爾．門羅 續作！如果用科學回答天馬行空的問題——門羅科學異想再登紐時暢榜星期日泰晤士報暢銷書作家、前NASA機器人專家及xkcd網站作者門羅《如果這樣，會怎樣？》人氣續作！他查閱從鞦韆物理學到飛機彈射器設計等方面的最新研究，簡明扼要的回答匪夷所思的提問。不要擔心，你的問題絕對不是最怪的，在這裡，問題沒有最怪，只有更怪！你想都沒有想過可以問的問題，都有人幫你問了，更棒的是，還有人幫你解答！ 全世界數以百萬計的書迷和喜愛假設問題的人，他們仍不斷提出問題，而且這些問題變得越來越新奇：從月球騎著火柱到地球？最難的部分是著陸。通過同時打開每個人的冷凍門來冷卻大氣層？也許是時候介紹一下熱力學了。如果坐上直升機機翼、建造十億層高的建築、用熔岩製作熔岩燈，或者跳進噴泉裡會發生什麼事？如果你堅持想知道的話，歡迎來到令人興奮的 What If世界！ 作者對荒謬不以為然，他研究物理學、飛機彈射設計等多方面的最新研究，簡潔易懂地回答讀者的問題，正如他一貫證明的那樣，人們可以從非常具體的極端情況學到科學。 瘋狂的科學、無限的好奇心搭配人物漫畫，不論大人小孩，只要你有好奇心都會愛上這本書！ WHAT IF... one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions, using science.The Sunday Times-bestselling author and xkcd creator, Randall Munroe is here to provide the best answers yet to the important questions you probably never thought to askThe millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger.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 everyone's freezer doors at the same time? Maybe it's time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics.Want to know what would happen if you rode a helicopter blade, built a billion-storey building, made a lava lamp out of lava, or jumped on a geyser as it erupted? Okay, if you insist.Welcome (back) to the mind-blowing world of What If?Unfazed by absurdity, Randall consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airplane-catapult design to clearly and concisely answer his readers' questions. As he consistently demonstrates, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in very specific extreme circumstances.Filled with bonkers science, boundless curiosity, and Randall's signature stick-figure comics, What If? 2 is sure to be another instant classic adored by inquisitive readers of all ages."

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作者介紹 Randall Munroe Randall Munroe is the creator of the webcomic xkcd and bestselling author of What If?, Thing Explainer and xkcd: Volume 0. 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 nominated for a Hugo Award three times. The International Astronomical Union recently named an asteroid after him: asteroid 4942 Munroe is big enough to cause mass extinction if it ever hits a planet like Earth.

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