Randall Munroe

Un libro en el que el humor y la ciencia se unen para dar explicación a todo tipo de preguntas curiosas. ¡Ey! Gracias por fijarte en mi libro. Si estás pensando en comprarlo hay dos cosas que no tendrias por que saber pero que quiero contarte por si finalmente no te gusta y decides darle otro uso: - Los humanos no podemos digerir el papel de celulosa, pero en caso de que pudieramos, si decidieras comerte este libro engordarias 2.300 calorias -¡incluida la cubierta, claro! - Si tienes un buen brazo, podrias lanzar este libro a mas de 13 metros. Con practica es posible llegar a lanzar un libro cada 800 milisegundos, lo que significa que si un agresor te estuviera persiguiendo, podrias tener tres o cuatro oportunidades de golpearlo antes de que te alcanzara. Si en cambio el ataque fuera por parte de un coyote que corre a la maxima velocidad que puede, solo tendrias una oportunidad. ¡Apunta bien! ¿Que pasaria si...? es un libro de divulgacion cientifica en el que se recopilan algunos de los mejores posts asi como otros nuevos elaborados a partir de las preguntas del blog de Randall Munroe, en el que responde a los lectores haciendo uso de sus conocimientos cientificos y matematicos. Munroe fue fisico en la NASA antes de crear la web www.xkcd, que ha recibido mas de un millon de visitas. Este es un libro original, inteligente y con mucho humor. * Nº1 en la lista de mas vendidos de The New York Times durante meses. * Mejor libro de 2014 segun la revista People. * Entre los 10 mejores libros de no ficcion segun la revista Time.Reseñas:Munroe piensa que analizar una broma es como diseccionar una rana, puede hacerse pero la rana acaba por morir.The New York Times Trata de analizar la clase de maravillas y de fantasias hipoteticas que podrian surgir en una conversacion de bar.The AtlanticEste libro es una buena combinacion de diversion y una clase magistral de tal razonamiento. Como en todas las buenas lecciones, solo te das cuenta de que has aprendido algo una vez que se ha terminado.The Economist Munroe se ha convertido en algo asi como un heroe de culto.The New York Times En los blogs...Un libro de divulgacion cientifica unico en su especie. Mezcla con acierto humor y ciencia, desarrollando hipotesis rocambolescas mediante razonamientos coherentes; todo fruto de lo absurdo y la curiosidad.Blog Libros y literatura

Resuelve tareas simples y cotidianas de la forma más científica, absurda y divertida. Para resolver cualquier tarea hay una forma correcta, una incorrecta y otra tan monumentalmente compleja y excesiva que nadie la llevaria a cabo jamas. Este libro es una guia del tercer tipo. El autor superventas y dibujante RANDALL MUNROE te explica como predecir el tiempo analizando los pixeles de las fotos de Facebook. Te enseña a saber si eres un baby boomer o un niño de los noventa midiendo la radiactividad de tus dientes. Te ofrece consejos para hacerte un selfie con un telescopio o para dar suministros a tu casa destruyendo el tejido del espacio-tiempo. Y, si quieres deshacerte del libro una vez que hayas terminado con el, te guia para que lo elimines correctamente: puedes disolverlo en el oceano, convertirlo en vapor o lanzarlo al Sol.

Un libro en el que el humor y la ciencia se unen para dar explicación a todo tipo de preguntas curiosas. EL AUTOR BESTSELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMES VUELVE A UNIR EL HUMOR Y LA CIENCIA PARA DAR EXPLICACION A TODO TIPO DE PREGUNTAS CURIOSAS. ¿Que pasaria si te montaras en el aspa de un helicoptero, construyeras un edificio de mil millones de pisos o hicieras una lampara de lava con lava? Sin inmutarse por lo absurdo, Munroe consulta las ultimas investigaciones, desde la fisica de los columpios hasta el diseño de catapultas de aviones, para responder las preguntas mas absurdas, y en ocasiones tambien aterradoras, con rigurosidad cientifica. Tal y como lo demuestra, se puede aprender muchisimo al examinar como podria funcionar el mundo en circunstancias extremas muy especificas. Un libro que se convertira en otro clasico para lectores de todas las edades. Randall Munroe dejo la NASA para dibujar comics en internet. El exito de su blog cientifico de preguntas y respuestas le llevo a publicar su libro ¿Que pasaria si...?, un exito de ventas en todo el mundo.La critica ha dicho:Lectura obligada para los curiosos.Popular Science La astrofisica extrema y la indescifrable quimica rara vez han sido explicadas con tanta claridad o de esta manera tan consistentemente divertida.Entertainment Weekly Una delicia pura, una mezcla dulce y salada de ciencia dura y loca fantasia.Boing BoingEs divertido ver como Munroe aborda cada pregunta y examina cada posible complicacion con gran aplomo nerd y metodico Maravillosamente demente.The Boston Globe Un testimonio amoroso del poder del cerebro para llevar las cosas a extremos absurdos.NPR Un festin para tus ojos y una fiesta para tu cerebro.Scientific AmericanFascinante y entretenido... Munroe fermenta la ciencia dura con toques extravagantes.The Wall Street Journal

From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day? In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations and consults nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by comics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.

Munroe''s hilarious and compelling answers explain everything from the odds of meeting your one true soulmate to how many humans a rampaging T-Rex would need to eat a day.From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe''s iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day?In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations and consults nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by comics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.

Milhes de pessoas visitam XKCD.com todas as semanas para ler a vinheta de Randall Munroe. As suas figuras simples e desenhos minimalistas sobre ciencia, tecnologia, amor e o sentido da vida tem uma vasta legio de seguidores.Fs de XKCD colocam a Munroe imensas questes bizarras. E se tentasses bater uma bola de basebol lançada a 90% da velocidade da luz? Se houvesse um apocalipse robotico, quanto tempo duraria a Humanidade na Terra?Na busca de respostas, Munroe opera simulaçes de computador, analisa dossies de pesquisa militar confidencial, resolve equaçes diferenciais e consulta operadores de reatores nucleares. As suas respostas so obras de arte de perspicacia e humor e normalmente preveem a absoluta aniquilaço da Humanidade ou uma exploso inimaginavel que arrase tudo!E se? e leitura obrigatoria para todos aqueles que adoram os grandes enigmas da vida, da ciencia e, claro, perguntas to absurdas quo divertidas.

EL AUTOR BESTSELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMES, DE ¿QUÉ PASARÍA SI…? Y EL EXPLICADOR DE COSAS, DA RESPUESTA A MÁS PREGUNTAS EXTRAÑAS QUE NUNCA IMAGINASTE HACER.Los millones de lectores en todo el mundo qu

Par le créateur du blog xkcd.com aux 30 millions de visiteurs par mois, voici les réponses les plus scientifiques aux questions que vous ne vous êtes sûrement jamais posées ! – À quelle altitude faut

Le guide le plus réjouissant et le plus inutile de la planète.Dans son premier opus, Randall Munroe résolvait les questions les plus saugrenues avec toute la rigueur possible (dont l’indispensable :

Après le succès du premier volume d’Et si… ?, vendu à plus d’un million d’exemplaires à travers le monde, Randall Munroe revient avec 64 nouvelles réponses scientifiques à 64 nouvelles questions que

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 ask The 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

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroes iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day?In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations and consults nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by comics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.

Randall Munroe is . . .Nerd royalty Ben GoldacreTotally brilliant Tim HarfordLaugh-out-loud funny Bill GatesWonderful Neil GaimanAN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe worlds most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the million-selling What If? and Thing Explainer For any task you might want to do, theres a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. Its full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole. How strange science can fix everyday problems New ScientistA brilliant book: clamber in for a wild ride Nature

SPECIAL UPDATED 10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE MILLION SELLING POP SCIENCE CLASSIC WHAT IF one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions using science Randall Munroe is nerd royalty BEN GOLDACRE Brilliant ROLLING STONE Smart answers to silly questions Munroe reveals all GUARDIAN Required reading NEW YORK TIMES Randall Munroe is the creator of the wildly popular xkcd com His readers ask him a lot of strange questions What would happen if absolutely everyone jumped at the same time How could we build a Lego bridge between London and New York What if my DNA vanished How long could a submarine last in space What are the odds of meeting my soulmate In pursuit of answers Munroe runs computer simulations pores over stacks of declassified military research memos solves differential equations and consults everyone from astronauts to nuclear reactor operators His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity complemented by comics They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind or at least a really big explosion Welcome back to the mind blowing world WHAT IF Now with 10 x the science and 10 x the jokes Featuring brand new 2 colour annotations and illustrations this special anniversary edition will leave yo

A special 10th anniversary edition of the million-copy bestseller What If? from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcdrevised and annotated with brand-new illustrations and answers to the most absurd hypothetical questions you never thought to ask.Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions: What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? What if everyone only had one soulmate? What would happen if the moon went away?In pursuit of answers for these wild thought experiments, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations, and consults with nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by his signature xkcd comics. (They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.)In celebration of 10 years of unusual insight, Randall Munroe has revised his classic blockbuster to ask what if? x 10. The result is 10x the adventure of scientific inquiry. Featuring brand-new 2-color annotations and illustrations, this special anniversary edition is far more than a book for geeks; this popular science book explains the laws of science in operation in a way that every intelligent reader will enjoy and feel much smarter for having read.What happens when you apply real-world physics to the wildest hypotheticals?Humorous Science: Discover the city-leveling destruction that would occur if a baseball were pitched at 90 percent the speed of light. Physics and Math Explained: Follow along as complex topics are explored using computer simulations, declassified military research, and signature stick-figure comics. Outrageous Scenarios: Calculate the global chaos that would ensue from draining the oceans or building a jetpack out of machine guns. A Perfect Gift for Nerds: Praised as a laugh-out-loud, educational, and entertaining read, this book is the ideal present for anyone with a curious and slightly twisted mind.

Randall Munroe is . . .'Nerd royalty' Ben Goldacre'Totally brilliant' Tim Harford'Laugh-out-loud funny' Bill Gates'Wonderful' Neil GaimanAN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the million-selling What If? and Thing Explainer For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it.How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole. 'How strange science can fix everyday problems' New Scientist'A brilliant book: clamber in for a wild ride' Nature

WHAT IF... one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions, using science.The Sunday Times-bestselling author and xkcd creator, Randall Munroeis here to provide the best answers yet to the important questions you probably never thought to ask.The 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 everyones freezer doors at the same time? Maybe its 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 Randalls signature stick-figure comics, What If? 2 is sure to be another instant classic adored by inquisitive readers of all ages.

From the No. 1 bestselling author of What If? - the man who created xkcd and explained the laws of science with cartoons - comes a series of brilliantly simple diagrams (blueprints if you want to be complicated about it) that show how important things work: from the nuclear bomb to the biro. Its good to know what the parts of a thing are called, but its much more interesting to know what they do. Richard Feynman once said that if you cant explain something to a first-year student, you dont really get it. In Thing Explainer, Randall Munroe takes a quantum leap past this: he explains things using only drawings and a vocabulary of just our 1,000 (or the ten hundred) most common words.Many of the things we use every day - like our food-heating radio boxes (microwaves), our very tall roads (bridges), and our computer rooms (datacentres) - are strange to us. So are the other worlds around our sun (the solar system), the big flat rocks we live on (tectonic plates), and even the stuff inside us (cells). Where do these things come from? How do they work? What do they look like if you open them up? And what would happen if we heated them up, cooled them down, pointed them in a different direction, or pressed this button?In Thing Explainer, Munroe gives us the answers to these questions and many, many more. Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyone -- age 5 to 105 -- who has ever wondered how things work, and why.

Un audiolibro en el que el humor y la ciencia se unen para dar explicación a todo tipo de preguntas curiosas.¿Qué pasaría si...? es un libro de divulgación científica en el que se recopilan algunos de los mejores posts asi como otros nuevos elaborados a partir de las preguntas del blog de Randall Munroe, en el que responde a los lectores haciendo uso de sus conocimientos cientificos y matematicos.Munroe fue fisico en la NASA antes de crear la web www.xkcd, que ha recibido mas de un millon de visitas. Este es un libro original, inteligente y con mucho humor.Reseñas:Munroe piensa que analizar una broma es como diseccionar una rana, puede hacerse pero la rana acaba por morir.The New York TimesTrata de analizar la clase de maravillas y de fantasias hipoteticas que podrian surgir en una conversacion de bar.The AtlanticEste libro es una buena combinacion de diversion y una clase magistral de tal razonamiento. Como en todas las buenas lecciones, solo te das cuenta de que has aprendido algo una vez que se ha terminado.The EconomistMunroe se ha convertido en algo asi como un heroe de culto.The New York TimesEn los blogs...Un libro de divulgacion cientifica unico en su especie. Mezcla con acierto humor y ciencia, desarrollando hipotesis rocambolescas mediante razonamientos coherentes; todo fruto de lo absurdo y la curiosidad.Blog Libros y literatura

EL AUTOR BESTSELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMES, DE ¿QUÉ PASARÍA SI…? Y EL EXPLICADOR DE COSAS, DA RESPUESTA A MÁS PREGUNTAS EXTRAÑAS QUE NUNCA IMAGINASTE HACER.Los millones de lectores en todo el mundo qu