{"product_id":"what-if-9780471176084","title":"What If","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmazing answers to quirky questions about our world. What if the earth stopped spinning? What if we were the size of insects? What if we could see sounds? What if the moon fell down? What if aliens landed who only wanted to talk to dogs? Bizarre and fantastic questions like these are the popular terrain of Robert Ehrlich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig, Blue, Spinning Ball The Earth 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you dug a hole through the Earth? 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you dropped a rock down a hole through the Earth? 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Earth were square? 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you lived at the North Pole? 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Earth had no magnetism? 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Earth spun very fast? 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Earth suddenly stopped spinning? 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Earth were covered by water? 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt’s Raining Frogs Weather and Climate 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Earth were hit by a big meteorite? 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if a day lasted a year? 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if there were no seasons? 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if it rained cats and dogs (or fish and frogs)? 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if people could control the weather? 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the climate got much hotter? 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the sky were always cloudy? 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat’s the Matter with Matter? Forces and Energy 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if things fell up, not down? 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if things could pass through one another? 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if water didn’t evaporate? 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if drops of water were really big? 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if water could flow uphill? 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAre You Seeing Things? Light and Sound 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if everything were the same color? 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the sky were black during the daytime? 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if light didn’t travel in straight lines? 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if light traveled very slowly? 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you could see sounds? 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you could see in the dark? 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInto the Wormhole Time 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if all past time were squeezed into one year? 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you could travel into the future? 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you could travel into the past? 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCandle Clocks and Supercomputers Inventions 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if cars didn’t need fuel? 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if electric lights hadn’t been invented? 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if clocks hadn’t been invented? 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if computers could think like people? 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmart Pigs and Pet Dinosaurs Plants and Animals 80\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the dinosaurs hadn’t died out? 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if we brought the dinosaurs back? 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat of all plants and animals disappeared? 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Amazing, Changing Me People and Animals 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if some animals were smarter than people? 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you were size of an insect? 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you were the size of a giant? 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you had a dog’s sense of smell? 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you could fly like a bird? 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you saw the world upside down? 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you had three eyes? 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you looked exactly like everyone else? 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you always knew what other people were thinking? 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Superstar and the Big Cheese The Sun and the Moon 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Sun stopped shining? 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Sun doesn’t rise tomorrow? 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Earth didn’t go around the Sun in a circle? 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Earth had two suns? 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Moon fell down? 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the Moon were much closer to the Earth? 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if there were no Moon? 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you moved to the Moon? 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNonstop Flight to Neptune Visiting Other Planets 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you visited Mercury? 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you visited Venus? 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you visited Mars? 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you visited Jupiter? 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you visited Saturn? 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you visited Uranus or Neptune? 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you visited Pluto? 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you visited planets in another solar system? 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeam Me Up The Stars and Beyond 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you traveled to the nearest star? 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you traveled to the center of our galaxy? 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you traveled to another galaxy? 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if you went to the edge of the universe? 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if there are intelligent aliens? 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if tiny aliens landed on Earth? 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if aliens lived inside the Earth? 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if aliens who looked just like us landed on Earth? 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if aliens who wanted to talk only dogs landed on Earth? 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 175\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402513916247,"sku":"9780471176084","price":14.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471176084.jpg?v=1730480620","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-if-9780471176084","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}