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Laddar... What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (urspr publ 2014; utgåvan 2014)av Randall Munroe (Författare)
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Fun. Wish there were more biology scenarios, but very funny ( ) This book sounded as if it might be interesting, but the questions addressed were ridiculous and also became tedious as they nearly all involved mass destruction and extinction as the answer. An example is "what would happen if a hairdryer with continuous power were turned on and put in an airtight 1 x 1 x 1 metre box". He then makes the dial go up to stupendous temperatures, makes the box metal etc. That one doesn't involve the Earth's destruction but is an example of the general pointless nature of the questions. A lot of the answers involve impossibilities such as indestructible items or things that go impossibly fast or involve the entire energy output of the planet or whatever as otherwise the real answer would be nothing as that particular scenario isn't possible. An intriguing illustration on the cover, showing a TRex being swung, and the main reason I bought the book, isn't even one of the included questions. There are some cute cartoons accompanying the text and I found the one near the beginning of the book quite touching, showing the Moon comforting the Earth and helping it restart spinning after coming to an abrupt halt and losing all its atmosphere and life (from "What would happen if the Earth and all terrestrial objects suddenly stopped spinning, but the atmosphere retained its velocity?") But one cartoon on its own couldn't drag this book into the 'OK' band and I'm afraid it's a one star rating from me. Fun. A book to dip in and out of, not possible or interesting to read in long sessions. Munroe is the author of a webcomic xkcd, which became very popular, and this is not the serialisation of it, but instead the author using his science background to answer reader's questions in a similar vein - taking common possibilities to extreme limits to calculate what might happen. Fun, silly and a good reminder that science doesn't have to be dull. PriserPrestigefyllda urvalUppmärksammade listor
Miljontals m©Þnniskor bes©œker varje vecka xkcd.com f©œr att ta del av Randall Munroes n©Þtserie. Munroes streckgubbar som funderar p©Æ vetenskap, teknologi, spr©Æk och k©Þrlek (bland mycket annat) har blivit om©Ættligt popul©Þra, och lika uppskattade ©Þr hans svar p©Æ l©Þsarnas mest absurda fr©Ægor. Fr©Æn vilken h©œjd beh©œver man sl©Þppa en k©œttbit f©œr att den ska vara f©Þrdiggrillad n©Þr den n©Ær marken? Kan man anv©Þnda uppochnerv©Þnda kulsprutor som en jetpack? G©Ær det att bygga en bro av Lego ©œver Atlanten? I jakten p©Æ svar anv©Þnder Munroe avancerade datorsimuleringar, gr©Þver djupt i milit©Þra arkiv, pratar med k©Þrnkraftstekniker, analyserar Star Wars-filmerna med ett stoppur, ringer sin mamma och bildgooglar djur. Munroes svar ©Þr precisa och underh©Ællande n©Þr han f©œrklarar allt ifr©Æn m©œjligheten att hitta en eventuell sj©Þlsfr©Þnde, till de m©Ænga hemska s©Þtt du kan d©œ p©Æ om du blandar alla grund©Þmnen. "Underbar! Randall Munroe m©Æste vara v©Þrldens n©Þst roligaste vetenskapskomiker." Jesper R©œnndahl, vetenskapskomiker och programledare f©œr Institutet i P3 Randall Munroe var tidigare anst©Þlld vid amerikanska NASA. Han fick nyligen en asteroid uppkallad efter sig Munroe 4942 som ©Þr stor nog att orsaka en massiv katastrof om den skulle krocka med jorden. "T©Þnk om ..." har blivit en global succ©♭ och ges ut i fler ©Þn 30 l©Þnder. [Publit] Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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