Title: What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Series: What If? #2
Previous book in this series: What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Author: Randall Munroe
Genre: Adult, nonfiction, science
Publication date: September 2022
Published by: Mariner Books
Source: Borrowed hardcover from library
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Buy it: Amazon | B&N | Book DepositorySynopsis: The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to ask.The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. 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. 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.Before you go on a cosmic road trip, feed the residents of New York City to a T. rex, or fill every church with bananas, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. Unfazed by absurdity, Randall consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airplane-catapult design to clearly and concisely answer his readers’ questions. As he consistently demonstrates, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in very specific extreme circumstances.Filled with bonkers science, boundless curiosity, and Randall’s signature stick-figure comics, What If? 2 is sure to be another instant classic adored by inquisitive readers of all ages.
Title: Changing the Speed of Light Bulbs
Series: Tales of a Former Space Janitor #4
Previous books in this series: The Rings of Grissom (#1) | Planetary Spin Cycle (#2) | Waxing the Moon of Lewei (#3) | Christmas Cookie Crumbs (#3.5)
Author: Julia Huni
Genre: Adult, sci-fi, cozy mystery
Publication date: February 28th 2023
Published by: IPH Media
Source: eARC for review from author
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Buy it: AmazonSynopsis: Honeymoon plans shouldn’t include space cruise tickets for a party of five.After the wedding—and the Ice Dame's corporate exploitation of the event—Triana and O'Neill embark on their honeymoon, only to find Hy-Mi booked them on a CelebVid cruise to Armstrong along with Vanti, Elodie, and Leo.When the jump to Armstrong throws Triana and O'Neill across the multi-verse, they must outsmart alternate versions of their friends, a lunatic professor and his corporate sponsor, and a cargo hold full of egg-throwing rodents if they hope to return to their own reality.
