![]() ![]() ![]() Munroe has a degree in physics and worked for NASA's Langley Research Center as a contract programmer and roboticist. But we'll give you a brief rundown anyway. Regular Ars readers likely need no introduction to Munroe, or his hugely successful and influential webcomic xkcd. That's just one of many fascinating (and amusing) tidbits to be gleaned from What If? 2, the latest book from cartoonist and author Randall Munroe and the sequel to 2014's bestselling What If? How many pigeons would it take to lift a person seated in a launch chair to the top of the Q1 skyscraper in Australia? Answer: You could probably manage this with a few tens of thousands of pigeons, as long as they don't get spooked by a passing falcon or distracted by someone with a bag of seeds. Randall Munroe / Ars Technica reader comments 149 withįorget debating the airspeed velocity of an unladen African versus a European swallow. ![]()
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