![]() One immediately gets a feeling for what the rest of the book will be like and for the kind of humor that Randall Munroe uses. ![]() ![]() Also, the topic discussed in the first chapter (“What would happen if the earth would stop spinning”) was interesting. In the very first chapter Munroe, by chance, mentioned two cities that have been very important in my life, Longyearbyen (Svalbard) and Helsinki, which immediately gave me more of a connection to the book. ![]() Questions that Randall Munroe answers are for example: “What would happen if everyone on Earth stood as close to each other as they could and jumped”, “What if someone’s DNA vanished” and, relevant for the times we live in now: “If everyone on the planet stayed away from each other for a couple of weeks, wouldn’t the common cold be wiped out?” My opinion about What If? Probably at least one the questions that appear in this book crossed your mind at some point in your life. Make you laugh while you are learning interesting (but mostly unneccesary) facts.Write the answers down and explain the answers and physics behind it in such a way that it is comprehensible for other people (that do not have the same level of knowledge).Have enough physical understanding of the world (and universe) to answer the questions asked and know who to contact/where to look if he doesn’t know the answer himself. ![]()
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