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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe

Munroe takes ridiculous questions seriously and uses physics, math, and humor to show how scientific thinking can make even absurd problems illuminating.

What stuck

  • Playful questions can still train serious scientific thinking.
  • Following a silly problem all the way through is often a good test of intellectual honesty.