What If? 2 by Randall Munroe

​I’m a fan. I’m SUCH a fan. Munroe’s books are the science books you wished you were taught from, and Munroe is the science teacher you wish you had. The man’s qualified too, he’s a former NASA physicist who decided to cartoon his way to pop science instead. And good for us, readers, because his books are not only very educational but are wildly entertaining to boot.
Picking up where the first What If left off, this book presents more real science answers to unreal and implausible scenarios.
Responded in all seriousness…well, maybe not ALL seriousness, Munroe’s actually hilarious so it’s comedy all around, but the answers are all based on real science no matter how cute the author’s stick figures and footnotes may be.
All in all, for my money/for my brain, the best way to learn science. Yeah, make it pop – make it popular, make it fun. Make it applicable to impossible scenarios. Make it fascinating. Science is already awesome. It just needs someone like Munroe to do its publicity.
Great read. Recommended.