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Randall Munroe: What if? (2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 4 stars

Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure …

Review of 'What if?' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

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Do not try any of this at home. The author of this review is an Internet reviewer, not a health or safety expert. He likes it when things catch fire or explode, which means he does not have your best interests in mind. Goodreads and the author disclaim responsibility for any adverse effects resulting, directly or indirectly, from the information contained in this review.

If you want to learn how to walk a batter (throwing the ball at 90% the speed of light), survive swimming in a spent nuclear fuel pool, create a jetpack out of machine guns, create a planet solely of moles (to be precise, a mole of moles), create a new star with a hairdryer, cook a steak by dropping it from space, or how to make the Netherlands take over the world, this is the book for you.

This book has about 57,000 words.

If you read at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute, you will finish this book in 228 minutes, which is equivalent to 3.8 hours.

As the average human being loses Calories at a rate of 134 Calories per hour you spend sitting still, you should lose 509 Calories simply by reading this book. (Assuming you're sitting still while reading it)

As 3,500 Calories is approximately a pound, you will lose a little under 1/6 of a pound.

Happy reading!