16 Best science books like What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

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Similar categories in Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"Suntem cu toții plăsmuiri ale visului cuiva."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

"Suntem produsul fluctuațiilor cuantice din universul foarte timpuriu."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

"Most laws of nature exist as part of a larger, interconnected system of laws."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

"Noi creăm istoria prin observațiile noastre, iar nu istoria ne creează pe noi."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

Similar categories in Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"Man selects only for his own good; Nature only for that of the being which she tends."

-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

"...Showing that they descend from common parents, and consequently must be ranked as varieties."

-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

"I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification."

-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

"On peut démontrer ainsi ni la stérilité ni la fécondité ne fournissent aucune distinction certaines entre les espèces et les variétés."

-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

Similar categories in Neil deGrasse Tyson's Astrophysics for People in a Hurry book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"….. Neptune, the outermost planet. No, it’s not Pluto. Get over it."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"Bosons, by the way, are named for the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"I don't know about you, but the planet Saturn pops into my mind with every bite of a hamburger I take."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Similar categories in Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"Consistency is the playground of dull minds"

-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

"Money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised."

-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

"There are no gods, no nations, no money and no human rights, except in our collective imagination."

-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

"Obesity is a double victory for consumerism. Instead of eating little, which will lead to economic contraction, people eat too much and then buy diet products - contributing to economic growth twice …"

-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Similar categories in Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"A compelling narrative fosters an illusion of inevitability."

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking of it."

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it."

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it"

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

Similar categories in Yuval Noah Harari's Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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Similar categories in Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"Chance" is just a word expressing ignorance"

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"What shall it profit a male if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his immortal genes?"

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry."

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"I am an enthusiastic Darwinian, but I think Darwinism is too big a theory to be confined to the narrow context of the gene."

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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Similar categories in Phil Mason's Napoleon's Hemorrhoids: ... and Other Small Events That Changed History book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Similar categories in Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice."

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

"...quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance."

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

"…The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics."

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

"La cosmología tiene la capacidad de llamar nuestra atención a un nivel profundo y visceral, porque comprender cómo comenzó todo es, al menos para algunos, el punto en el que podemos encontrarnos más …"

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Similar categories in Steven D. Levitt's Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Freakonomics, #1) book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Similar categories in None's Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life span "

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

"...our lack of sleep is a slow form of self-euthanasia..."

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

"When sleep is abundant, minds flourish. When it is deficient, they don't."

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

"Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day -- Mother Nature's best effort yet at contra-death."

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Similar categories in Carl Sagan's Cosmos book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Similar categories in Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"A darkened Sun would liberate us from the parsnip threat."

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

"So Yoda sounds like our best bet as an energy source. But with world electricity consumption pushing 2 terawatts, it would take a hundred million Yodas to meet our demands. All things considered, swi…"

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

"But what about gender and sexual orientation? And culture? And language? We could keep using demographics to try to narrow things down further, but we would be drifting away from the idea of a random…"

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Similar categories in Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"God abhors a naked singularity."

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

"There should be no boundary to human endeavor."

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

"Cuando miramos al universo, lo vemos tal como fue en el pasado"

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

"If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?"

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

Similar categories in Andy Weir's The Martian book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"Hey,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Elrond,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Do you believe in God, Venkat?"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.)."

-Andy Weir, The Martian

Similar categories in Stephen Hawking's The Universe in a Nutshell book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"Claramente, el crecimiento exponencial actual no puede continuar indefinidamente."

-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell

"No creo que la especie humana haya llegado tan lejos sólo para eliminarse a sí misma cuando las cosas se están poniendo interesantes."

-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell

"Se chegássemos ao fim da linha, o espírito humano definharia e morreria. Mas não creio que um dia sossegaremos: aumentaremos em complexidade, se não em profundidade, e seremos sempre o centro de um h…"

-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell

"When Copernicus and Galileo discovered that the planets orbit the Sun rather than the Earth, and Newton discovered the laws that govern their motion, astrology became extremely implausible. Why shoul…"

-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell

Similar categories in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"Don't Panic."

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"Ow! My brains!"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"But the plans were on display…"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"How many roads must a man walk down?"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

Similar categories in Stephen Hawking's Brief Answers to the Big Questions book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"I use the word “God"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"This “Hawking temperature"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"So some might imagine that I am an expert on time, although of course these days an expert is not necessarily a good thing to be."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Similar categories in Matt Parker's Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"If a new system is implemented, humans can be very resourceful when finding new ways to make mistakes."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"Even when the data has made it into a database, it is not safe... which brings us, finally, to Microsoft Excel."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"Now you can safely reply and say that nothing in the Gregorian calendar can happen less frequently than once every four hundred years. JUST FOR FUN."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"It's times like this when the age of the universe becomes a useful unit of measurement: 64-bit Unix time will last until twenty-one times the age of the universe from now - until (assuming we don't m…"

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

Similar categories in Richard P. Feynman's "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character book and Randall Munroe's What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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"I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character