What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Do extreme examples help to illustrate scientific principles? Argue why or why not.

Which question’s answer surprised you the most? Why?

Select from the questions sent in by readers the one you believe is most intriguing, and explain why.

Select one of the questions, suggest what you think most people might believe the answer to be, and explain why they’d think that way.

Granted that most of the chapters deal with absurd situations, which question and answer do you think is the most instructive?

Explain why touching a bullet made of solid neutrons might be lethal.

Compose two interesting questions about science, written in the typical style of questions submitted to the author.

Choose one of the answers given by the author, and create a humorous comment about that answer. EXTRA CREDIT: Referring to the book’s text, compose your comment in the author’s style.