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2024-11-02
What If? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
小的时候,曾经问我妈:“如果我们住在零下一百度的地方会怎么样?如果我把自己锁在一栋有一万把锁的房子里面会怎么样呢,别人要用多久找到我?我们真的是猿猴进化来的吗,猿猴又是从哪里来的,为什么我不是女娲造出来的啊……” 当时,我妈敲了敲我的头,说:“净想些乱...
评分本文发表于《三联生活周刊》微信公众号 http://weibo.com/1191965271/Ckm3l0PEe?type=comment#_rnd1448165673192 5月19日,比尔·盖茨在他的博客上推荐了7本夏日读物:《出格夸张法》、《现实的魔力》、What If?、XKCD、《如何用统计学撒谎》、《我们该吃肉吗?》、《论免...
评分 评分那些古怪又让人忧心的问题 一本很可爱的书 让一个纯正的文科生我看得烧脑不已 从来没想过这些看起来很滑稽的问题还真的能有逻辑地被回答出来,原来一个人要是想哭到脱水要哭5.6年,原来牛排从很高的天上掉下来会很有可能变成匹兹堡牛排,原来叠25万块积木之后最下面那块就会...
评分So what? 读《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》有感 What if?如果看了这本书,你会怎么样? 人类还有多少未知的东西?对于大自然,对于宇宙甚至对于人体的内部结构,随着科学的进步和文明的发展,虽然知道的越多,但都存在一些未知的区域。人类于是保持着一种敬畏与谦卑的心态在...
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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.
囫囵吞枣读完了。很喜欢。
评分BRAVO!学习的意义就在于,想象力驰骋的时候,有坚实的地基能让你驰骋的更远。
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……
评分好多新东西,快去买
评分有趣,脑洞大开。
What If? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书