Randall Munroe + Annie Rauwerda: What If?- 10th Anniversary Edition

Mon Dec 02 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-05:00

Strand Book Store | New York

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Randall Munroe + Annie Rauwerda: What If?- 10th Anniversary Edition
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Join us for an in-person event with New York Times bestselling author Randall Munroe for a celebration of the 10th anniversary of What If?
About this Event

Join us for an in-person event with New York Times bestselling author Randall Munroe for a celebration of the 10th anniversary of What If? Joining Randall in conversation is award-winning writer Annie Rauwerda. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.


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A special 10th anniversary edition of the million-copy bestseller What If? from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd—revised and annotated with brand-new illustrations and answers to important questions you never thought to ask.


Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions: What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? What if everyone only had one soulmate? What would happen if the moon went away?


In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations, and consults with nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by his signature xkcd comics. (They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.)


In celebration of 10 years of unusual insight, Randall Munroe has revised his classic blockbuster to ask what if? x 10. The result is 10x the adventure of scientific inquiry. Featuring brand-new 2-color annotations and illustrations, this special anniversary edition is far more than a book for geeks, What If? explains the laws of science in operation in a way that every intelligent reader will enjoy and feel much smarter for having read.



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Photo credit: Adrianne Mathiowetz


Randall Munroe is the author of the webcomic xkcd and the New York Times bestsellers What If?, What If? 2, Thing Explainer, and How To. A former NASA roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet full time. The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after him; that asteroid, 4942 Munroe, is large enough that it could cause a mass extinction if it were to hit Earth. He lives in Massachusetts.


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Photo credit: Ian Shiff


Annie Rauwerda maintains the "Depths of Wikipedia" social media accounts that showcase interesting and unusual Wikipedia articles. She was the 2022 Wikimedian of the Year in the media category and has performed Wikipedia-themed live comedy shows across North America. She is writing a book about Wikipedia set to come out next year.

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Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, New York, United States

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