Randall Munroe is the author of the popular webcomic xkcd and the science question-and-answer blog What If. Randall was born in Easton, Pennsylvania and grew up outside Richmond, Virginia. After studying physics at Christopher Newport University, he got a job building robots at NASA Langley Research Center. In 2006, he left NASA to draw comics on the internet full-time, supporting himself through the sale of xkcd t-shirts, prints, posters, and books. He likes candlelight dinners and long walks on the beach. Very long walks. Lots of people say they like long walks on the beach, but then they get out on the beach and after just an hour or two, they say they're getting tired. Bring a tent. He lives in Massachusetts.
发表于2024-05-03
What If? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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评分 评分主要内容 这本书提出了很多那些古怪又让人忧心的问题,并且做出了一定的回答。因为都是围绕者问题去写,所以每个问题自成体系,很难做出一个提纲挈领的概括或者主题。虽说这些问题有些荒诞,但是能提出这些问题就很棒,拥有无尽的想象。 异想天开 在我小的时候,中央一有一个由...
评分怎么说呢?作为给小白看的科普读物,又讲解的不够细致跟清楚,让我看的时候不停有疑问,而书里又没有给出答案,比如第一个例子中潮汐力是什么,潮汐锁定的地外行星又是什么?作者就这样用了,也不解释原因,第二个例子里为什么空气快速撞上棒球就会发生核聚变,又射出伽马射线...
评分主要内容 这本书提出了很多那些古怪又让人忧心的问题,并且做出了一定的回答。因为都是围绕者问题去写,所以每个问题自成体系,很难做出一个提纲挈领的概括或者主题。虽说这些问题有些荒诞,但是能提出这些问题就很棒,拥有无尽的想象。 异想天开 在我小的时候,中央一有一个由...
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From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
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 a large and passionate following.
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?
In pursuit of answers, 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 signature xkcd comics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.
The book features new and never-before-answered questions, along with updated and expanded versions of the most popular answers from the xkcd website. What If? will be required reading for xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical.
所谓“看着他一本正经地胡说八道也恨不得举双手双脚赞同”,就是这种赶脚!
评分囫囵吞枣读完了。很喜欢。
评分这证明要搞好科研需要十分强大的脑洞
评分xkcd作者的问答专栏,一本正经地回答脑洞巨大的问题,好看得嗷嗷叫。
评分由于时间的关系,我并没有从头到尾仔仔细细读一遍,而是着重看了有关诸如DNA等自己更感兴趣的内容,其它都只是扫了一遍,放过了很多细节。这本书的卖点在于其用物理化学生物地理等科学知识来回答各种假设情景中的问题。作者自身的科学功底在回答中可见其深厚,对于貌似无厘头的提问既保持严谨分析,又做到风趣易懂。开脑洞不可怕,可怕的是脑洞开的如此创意四射……
What If? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书