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What If?

2014 non-fiction book by Randall Munroe
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Summary

What If? is a literary work[1]. What If? ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Randall Munroe[3]
  • Based on: xkcd What-If[4]
  • Followed by: What If? 2[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6]
  • Country of origin: United States[7]
  • Publication date: September 2, 2014[8]
  • Has edition or translation: What If?[9]
  • Main subject: science[10]
  • Title: What If?[11], Et si... ?[12], Tänk om …[13]
  • Subtitle: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions[14], Toutes les réponses les plus scientifiques aux questions que vous ne vous êtes jamais posées[15], Seriösa vetenskapliga svar på absurda hypotetiska frågor[16]
  • Different from: What If[17], The F Word[18]

Why It Matters

What If? has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] What If? is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

literary work Randall Munroe science United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → —
    Explain xkcd id → What If? (book)
    Bookbrainz work id → 539cf017-3f09-4e32-ae2b-5c77ec22d26c
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  2. 8d ago · NMaia · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation → What If?, What If?
    Instance of → —
    Different from → What If, The F Word
    Country of origin → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Explain xkcd id: 9992"
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