{"product_id":"9781483030180","title":"What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have an enormous, dedicated following, as do his deeply researched answers to his fans’ strangest questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe queries he receives range from merely odd to downright diabolical:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• What if I took a swim in a spent-nuclear-fuel pool?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e • Could you build a jetpack using downward-firing machine guns?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e • What if a Richter 15 earthquake hit New York City?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e • Are fire tornadoes possible?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis responses are masterpieces of clarity and wit, gleefully and accurately explaining everything from the relativistic effects of a baseball pitched at near the speed of light to the many horrible ways you could die while building a periodic table out of all the actual elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book features new and never-before-answered questions, along with the most popular answers from the xkcd website. \u003ci\u003eWhat If? \u003c\/i\u003eis an informative feast for xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Pub","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028002816240,"sku":"9781483030180","price":46.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483030180_p0.jpg?v=1763626920","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483030180","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}