{"product_id":"what-if-2-additional-serious-scientific-answers-to-absurd-hypothetical-questions","title":"What If?2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Nerd royalty'' Ben Goldacre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e''Laugh-out-loud funny'' Bill Gates\u003cbr\u003e\n''Totally brilliant'' Tim Harford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWHAT IF you still had so many more strange questions about the universe?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd WHAT IF Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist and \u003ci\u003exkcd\u003c\/i\u003e creator,\nwere prepared to move mountains, fill the solar system with soup and alter the\nspace-time continuum to answer them?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWhether it''s how to make a lava lamp out of lava or feeding the inhabitants of\nNew York to a T. Rex, welcome to the weird, wonderful (and sometimes\nterrifying) world of WHAT IF? 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall Munroeis\u003c\/b\u003e the creator of the webcomic xkcd and\nbestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhat If?, Thing Explainer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003exkcd:\nVolume 0\u003c\/i\u003e. Randall was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, and grew up outside\nRichmond, Virginia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter studying physics at Christopher Newport University, he\ngot a job building robots at NASA Langley Research Center. In 2006 he left NASA\nto draw comics on the internet full time, and has since been nominated for a\nHugo Award three times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe International Astronomical Union recently named an\nasteroid after him: asteroid 4942 Munroe is big enough to cause mass extinction\nif it ever hits a planet like Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43364793417935,"sku":"9781399811149","price":25.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_d22f8e4f-3deb-48f7-b0df-a659a5ea4785.jpg?v=1775119602","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/what-if-2-additional-serious-scientific-answers-to-absurd-hypothetical-questions","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}