What If i did not write this review ??

Rarely does one come across a book which educates and entertains at the same time. What If by Randall Munroe ,the guy from the xkcd webcomic fame, seeks to do just that . The entire book is framed as a series of hypothetical questions , which were originally asked by users on xkcd and answers by Munroe. Munroe combines math , logic ,rationality and extrapolation in order to seriously derive meaningful answers to these questions. In the quest for answers, he has  reached out to the experts in the fields or immersed himself in researches on the topics. So be ready to go down the memory lanes and school/college lanes for a refresher on physics, quant, maths , biology et al. All these sciences which were hitherto digested but failed to nourish the grey cells when confronted with hypothetical and in some cases relevant questions are brought back to life in a manner that is entertaining with lots of "aha moments". What makes it even more interesting is the accompanying comic that displays the intelligence and is humorous enough to tickle the most brittle of the funny bones. There is also a section titled 'Weird and Worrisome' Questions that groups all the questions by users which are bordering on nonsensical and in some cases are really worrisome. For e.g is it possible to cry so much you dehydrate yourself? This section is scattered at regular intervals in the book. The logical approach of breaking down a problem to smaller parts and attacking the root cause is apparent in almost all the answers. Be it human body, the most complex of the organs or the nuclear reactors or flights in space . Muroe gets down to the brass tacks after introducing the seemingly obvious answers which are either not empirically proven or do not  hold a candle to the truth. In this entire journey of drilling down to the best candidate or the most relevant answer, the comic provides simplification of either the equation which is being used or scenarios which require nano size imagination (e.g. atoms and their interactions , enzymes in the DNA) or mammoth imaginations (distances in space, distances traveled on Earth's surface and space) . All Wikipedia lovers will find an instant connection with his style of writing[citation needed], Yes, one finds this frequently in the book . The best part about a book like this is that you do not have to stick to the conventional form of reading a book page by page. Fancy internet, social media? Jump to the questions of how many profiles of dead users does Facebook have or how much physical space that Internet occupies or when will the bandwidth of internet take over that of FedEx? How about nuclear energy? Read on far can I swim into a spent nuclear fuel reactor before killing myself, Harbored imaginations of levitating? Why not find out on what would happen if humans were to rise a feet per second in the air. Dystopian  lovers too can analyse in detail what would happen if the Sun suddenly disappeared , apart from the obvious.
Needless to say, I have loved this book and now slowly getting hooked on to the xkcd comic page
What If you do not end up reading this book ? Cut that imagination short by picking up the book now , wearing your seat belt along with the Hazmat suit (the radiation protection aluminium suit) and take a science odyssey