Randall Munroe's latest book is "What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers To Absurd Hypothetical Questions." He's a former NASA roboticist who's now a writer and a cartoonist.

Randall Munroe, creator of the popular webcomic “xkcd” and author of the new book “What If? 2,” applies true research to wild ideas (rogue dinosaurs in New York City!) ...

Along with xkcd, Munroe also began a blog called What If, where he would answer questions posed by fans about things like how many calories a T. rex unleashed in New York City would need to ...

Randall Munroe's first book of scientific answers to the absurd questions people have was so popular that he wrote another one. In What If? 2, the author and cartoonist answers confusing and often ...

Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist, creator of the popular xkcd webcomic and author of the New York Times bestselling book series "What If?," decided to answer this question for race fans ...

Photo: Randall Munroe The great physicist Enrico Fermi used to challenge his University of Chicago students with questions that, at first, seemed impossible to answer using only the facts at hand.

Ask an absurd question, and xkcd’s Randall Munroe will give you a (somewhat) serious answer. An exclusive excerpt from his upcoming What If? 2.

Randall Munroe's latest book is "What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers To Absurd Hypothetical Questions." He's a former NASA roboticist who's now a writer and a cartoonist.

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