What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions pdf

兰德尔·门罗 是一名计算机程序员、网络漫画家和作家，以其网络漫画“xkcd”而闻名。 门罗 1984 年 10 月 17 日出生于宾夕法尼亚州伊斯顿，从小就对科学和技术感兴趣。 他毕业于弗吉尼亚州的克里斯托弗纽波特大学，获得物理学学位，然后继续在美国宇航局兰利研究中心担任机器人专家。

2005 年，门罗 创办了“xkcd”，这是一部网络漫画，以简笔画和对科学、技术和极客文化的幽默评论为特色。 这部漫画很快获得了追随者，并从此成为互联网上最受欢迎的网络漫画之一。 它以其聪明机智的幽默以及使用科学和数学概念以通俗易懂的方式解释复杂思想而受到赞誉。

除了“xkcd”之外，兰德尔·门罗 还写了几本书，包括“如果……怎么办？：对荒谬假设问题的严肃科学回答”、“事物解释器：用简单的词来解释复杂的事情”和“如何：对共同现实的荒谬科学建议” -世界问题。” 这些书因其引人入胜的写作风格、幽默和使用科学来解释复杂的主题而广受欢迎。

Munroe 还参与了其他一些与科学和技术相关的项目。 他曾在 TED 和其他会议上发表演讲，并且是众多播客和电视节目的嘉宾。 他是科学博客“连线”的定期撰稿人，并创建了多个与物理、天文学和其他科学领域相关的在线工具和模拟。

总的来说，兰德尔·门罗 是一位才华横溢、富有创造力的人，他为科学、技术和幽默世界做出了重大贡献。 他的网络漫画“xkcd”和他的书籍为全世界数百万读者带来了娱乐和教育，他对科学的创新和引人入胜的方法激发了新一代的爱好者和专业人士。

What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions pdf 兰德尔·门罗

Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to start up his hugely popular site XKCD 'a web comic of romance, sarcasm, math and language' which offers a witty take on the world of science and geeks. It now has 600,000 to a million page hits daily. Every now and then, Munroe would get emails asking him to arbitrate a science debate. 'My friend and I were arguing about what would happen if a bullet got struck by lightning, and we agreed that you should resolve it . . . ' He liked these questions so much that he started up What If.
If your cells suddenly lost the power to divide, how long would you survive?
How dangerous is it, really, to be in a swimming pool in a thunderstorm?
If we hooked turbines to people exercising in gyms, how much power could we produce?
What if everyone only had one soulmate?
When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British empire?
How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live?
What would happen if the moon went away?
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, studded with memorable cartoons and infographics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion. Far more than a book for geeks, WHAT IF: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions explains the laws of science in operation in a way that every intelligent reader will enjoy and feel much the smarter for having read.