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Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

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Essay Topics

1.

How does the author use scale to demonstrate the properties of extremely large things?

2.

Do extreme examples help to illustrate scientific principles? Argue why or why not.

3.

Which question’s answer surprised you the most? Why?

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What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe