What If? 2 : Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

 
　　如果一隻暴龍闖進紐約，牠一天要吞多少人才會吃飽？
　　如果全世界的人同時打開自家冰箱，氣溫會下降嗎？
　　在哪個時間點，全世界的英文書出版量超過了一個人一生能夠閱讀的數量？
　　如果想減重20磅，但又不想花力氣運動，到底需要移除多少的地球質量，才能讓體重計的數字「自然」下降？
 
　　熱愛《如果這樣，會怎樣？》的讀者，這系列的第一集肯定讓你意猶未盡，這世界上絕對不缺天馬行空的問題，現在，更多、更瘋的怪問來了！蘭德爾•門羅在本書中再次以認真到不行的研究精神，仔細檢視xkcd網站粉絲們的各種新奇提問，帶來令人驚奇又捧腹的精彩續作！(文/博客來編譯)

　　The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What If? and How To answers more of the weirdest questions you 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. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. 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 door 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-story building, made a lava lamp out of lava, or jumped on a geyser as it erupted? Okay, if you insist.

　　Before you go on a cosmic road trip, feed the residents of New York City to a T. rex, or fill every church with bananas, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. Unfazed by absurdity, Munroe consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airliner catapult–design to answer his readers’ questions, clearly and concisely, with illuminating and occasionally terrifying illustrations. As he consistently demonstrates, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in very specific extreme circumstances.