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'What If? 2' is Randall Munroe's second round of answers to absurd questions

'What If? 2' is Randall Munroe's second round of answers to absurd questions

FromNPR's Book of the Day


'What If? 2' is Randall Munroe's second round of answers to absurd questions

FromNPR's Book of the Day

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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Oct 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Randall Munroe's first book of scientific answers to the absurd questions people have was so popular that he wrote another one. In What If? 2, the author and cartoonist answers confusing and often unusual questions submitted by adults – and children – using science and humor. He spoke to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about why it's important to lean into this confusion, and how that actually makes way for curiosity.
Released:
Oct 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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