
那些古怪又让人忧心的问题
What If?
Randall Munroe · 初版 2014 年
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为什么值得读
- 用严谨的数理工具推演各种异想天开的荒诞假设
- 阅读氛围轻松幽默,启发跳出传统视角的数理思维
每周都有数以百万计的人访问 xkcd.com 阅读 Randall Munroe 的标志性网络漫画。他那些关于科学、技术、语言和爱情的火柴人漫画拥有一大批狂热的追随者。xkcd 的粉丝们经常向 Munroe 提出各种奇奇怪怪的问题。如果试图去击打以 90% 光速投出的棒球会怎样?开车撞上减速带能开多快还能保住性命?如果爆发机器人末日,人类能撑多久?为了寻求答案,Munroe 运行计算机模拟,翻阅大量解密的军事研究备忘录,求解微分方程,并……
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彼得·蒂尔的《从0到1》(Zero to One)——好书 海明威的《老人与海》——好书 尤瓦尔·赫拉利的《人类简史》(Sapiens,在读)——到目前为止精彩绝伦 兰道尔·门罗的《what if?》(还在读)——一本挺有意思的书
zero to one - Peter thiel - good read old man and the sea - Hemingway - good read sapiens (currently reading) - Yuval Noah Harari - fantastic till now What if (still reading) - Randall Munroe - an interesting read
太好看了,任何喜欢这个的人,我都推荐去翻翻兰道尔·门罗(XKCD 作者)的《what if?》
Excellent read, I'd recommend anyone that likes this to check out 'What If' by Randall Munroe (XKCD)
兰道尔·门罗的《what if?》,虽然不够严谨,但它彻底改变了我初中时被灌输的思维视角。除此之外,费曼讲义(Feynman Notes)在学术层面重塑了我。如果你不是……的话,通过物理来上手数学会容易得多。
What if by Randall Munroe Not rigorous but it changed my perspective that was instilled in me in middle school. Otherwise Feynman Notes changed me academically. Easier to pickup math through physics if you arent…
……现代符号体系。当然,顺着现代符号学需要懂一点基础微积分。强烈推荐——它甚至让我萌生了去学学老派天体力学的想法!也许 2019 年吧…… 兰道尔·门罗的《what if?》。一本关于各种奇思妙想脑洞场景的轻松读物。西格蒙德的《疯狂年代的精确思考》(Exact thinking in demented times)。讲维也纳学派的,也就是搞逻辑实证主义的那个哲学圈子。纽曼编的《世界……
…modern notation. Following the modern notation of course assumes some basic calculus. Highly recommended - it made me want to learn old fashioned celestial mechanics! Perhaps in 2019... Randall Munroe - What if. A fun light read about whimsical scenarios. Sigmund - Exact thinking in demented times. About the vienna circle, the philosophical group associated with logical positivism. Newman [ed] - The world…
太棒了,《what if?》回归了!Munroe 已经好久没更新过了,这是我最喜欢的科普页面之一。非常期待他的新书。
Yay, What If is back! Munroe hasn't posted one in ages, it's one of my favourite science pages out there. Really looking forward the new book.
有意思。我觉得兰道尔·门罗的“What If”博文(http://what-if.xkcd.com/)和同名书(http://whatif.xkcd.com/book/)正是用这种言传身教的方式在倡导同样的事情。
Interesting. I think that Randal Munroe's "What If" posts (http://what-if.xkcd.com/) and book (http://whatif.xkcd.com/book/) encourage much the same thing by example.