What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

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 lo…

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