Randall Munroe is the author of the New York Times bestsellers What If? 2, How To, What If?, and Thing Explainer; the science question-and-answer blog What If?; and the popular web comic xkcd. A former NASA roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet full time. He lives in Massachusetts.
Praise for What If? 2
“Delightful. . . Randall Munroe has made a career out of sharing
his joy in science and engineering. . . . This book and its
predecessor inspire us to believe that, even in a vast and
mysterious universe, there’s a lot we can figure out with nothing
but a sharp pencil, come basic scientific knowledge and a vivid
imagination.” —The Wall Street Journal
"The questions throughout What If? 2 are equal parts brilliant,
gross, and wonderfully absurd and the answers are thorough, deeply
researched, and great fun. . . . Science isn’t easy, but in
Munroe’s capable hands, it surely can be fun." —TIME
"Picking this book up now and then enlivens life by letting you
briefly consider the effects of, say, putting an indestructible
20-meter-wide glass tube all the way down to the deepest part of
the ocean. Plus, Munroe’s illustrations turn stick figures and
flowcharts into the stuff of
existential hilarity." —NPR
"Entertaining. . . . combines Munroe’s true research and truly
funny prose with his signature stick-figure
illustrations." —The Washington Post
"Perfect if you enjoy it when stuffy figures of authority crack a
smile. Or if you like it when black holes form. That happens a
lot." —Newsweek
"One of my favorite books of the year." —Tim Harford,
Financial Times
"It's an absolute delight! It's the coolest way to learn how the
world actually works." —Hank Green (on the Dear Hank & John
podcast)
“A delight for science geeks with a penchant for oddball thought
experiments.” —Kirkus
Praise for Randall Munroe and What If?
“Randall Munroe is a national treasure.” —Phil Plait
“Extreme astrophysics and indecipherable chemistry have rarely been
this clearly explained or this consistently hilarious.”
—Entertainment Weekly “10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year”
“Consistently fascinating and entertaining...Munroe leavens the
hard science with whimsical touches... An illuminating handbook of
methods of reasoning.” —Wall Street Journal
“It’s fun to watch as Munroe tackles each question and examines
every possible complication with nerdy and methodical aplomb....
The delightfully demented What If? is the most fun you can have
with math and science, short of becoming your own evil genius.”
—Boston Globe
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