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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

by Randall Munroe (Goodreads Author)

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read in February 2023

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ErikH said: " I selected this book because it has been recommended to me by a few of my friends and I thought it would be a fun read. This book answers random questions that you wouldn’t think of unless you read the book. A few questions are, “If every person on E I selected this book because it has been recommended to me by a few of my friends and I thought it would be a fun read. This book answers random questions that you wouldn’t think of unless you read the book. A few questions are, “If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color?” (Munroe 27) and “What would happen if you made a periodic table out of cube-shaped bricks, where each brick was made of the corresponding element?” (Munroe 35).
Throughout the book questions like those are answered. There aren’t really any chapters because each question is its own section. The structure of the book worked perfectly. The author would break away from the text and draw a stick figure that would say random things related to the topic. The author would also go more in depth with the questions even if it wasn’t humanly possible. The author would take the time to fully research the top and he would always find an answer to the questions that he was asked.
This book was made for the type of person who likes to leave off on the beginning of a chapter, then this book is great for you. Every single question is split into its own “chapter” or section. This is a great book to read if you want to read but you can’t commit that much time into a book. The book is split into 2-3 page sections, so if you can’t sink too much time into a book then this book is an obvious candidate. The one issue I had with the book is that some of the questions felt like drawn out answers. Sometimes it feels like you are disconnected from the book, because it didn’t relate to the reader which made it frustrating to read at times, because I would try to relate to the book.
Overall I would give this book 4.8 stars. I really enjoyed reading the book and I found myself enjoying the book more than I thought. I am glad I read the book and it will definitely be a book I would recommend to anyone. Even though sometimes it was hard to relate or hard to read, because you wanted the question to end I always would find the best part of what I was reading and keep on reading. ...more "

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