Explore the Absurdity of Life in 'XKCD' Author's Latest Book, 'What If?'

What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? How much physical space does the Internet take up?

Randall Munroe, the author of xkcd, answers these questions and other bizarre queries in his new book What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions — the next official selection for the MashableReads social book club. Munroe uses math and his characteristic stick figure comics to provide serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions.

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So, inspired by What If?, we want to see your web comics. Draw us a one panel comic showing us an alternate version of history. Or, if you are feeling particularly creative, illustrate your own absurd hypothetical situation Read more...

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