WHAT IF? 2 by Randall Munroe, read by Wil Wheaton - audiobook extract
b"WHAT IF...one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions.\\n\\nThe Sunday Times best-selling author and xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to provide the best answers yet to the important questions you probably never thought to ask.\\n\\nThe millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger.\\n\\nPlanning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking to the landing.\\n\\nHoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone's freezer doors at the same time? Maybe it's time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics.\\n\\nWant to know what would happen if you rode a helicopter blade, built a billion-storey building, made a lava lamp out of lava, or jumped on a geyser as it erupted? Okay, if you insist.\\n\\nWelcome (back) to the mind-blowing world of What If?\\n\\nUnfazed 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.\\n\\nFilled with bonkers science, boundless curiosity, What If? 2 is sure to be another instant classic adored by inquisitive listeners of all ages."