9 Nov 2022

Maths without numbers can make you smarter!

From Afternoons, 3:10 pm on 9 November 2022
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There is such a thing as a stupid question. For example, what would happen if the Solar System was filled with soup out to Jupiter? But trying to figure out the answer can make you really smart.  Former NASA roboticist turned cartoonist  Randall Munroe spends his days applying physics and math to answer  crazy questions. Bill Gates and  Neil Gaiman are among his fans.The questions he likes best come from kids who want to know about the soup or how many humans a TREX would need to eat to survive. He tries to make science accessible and funny in his latest book, "What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific