This is part of a series of author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Learn more and register here to receive the access link. In 2006 he left NASA to draw comics on the internet full time and has since been nominated for a Hugo Award three times.

After studying physics at Christopher Newport University, Randall got a job building robots at NASA Langley Research Center. 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.įilled with bonkers science, boundless curiosity, and Randall’s signature stick-figure comics, What if? 2 provides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to ask.Ībout the Author: Randall Munroe is the creator of the webcomic xkcd and author of What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems and What if? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. 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. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger.

We always love to hear from you – our listeners.Please join for what is sure to be the most fun-filled hour of the day as we chat online with Randall Munroe about his new book What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (2014).Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (2015).How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems (2019).To hear more about How To, Randall joins us talk about how he started in his career, how he got Serena Williams to serve a tennis ball at a drone (for book research, of course), and how you might use XKCD comics to help teach science in your classroom. These topics have also had prominence in his books, including his newest book called How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems. As creator of the webcomic XKCD, Munroe often features aspects of technology, math, computer science and physics in his drawings. This week we welcome Randall Munroe to the show.

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