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Spoiler Alert: Everyone Dies™: The Lighter Side of Global Annihilation
Ever wonder what would happen if the Earth stopped spinning? Or lost all of its water at once? Or got hit by a fish the size of Pluto? In Volume One of his popular Quora Answers series, science teacher David Consiglio, Jr. ponders and logically answers these insane scenarios using well-established scientific methods and reasoning! Spoiler Alert-Everyone Dies(TM).
132 pages, Paperback
Published February 1, 2017
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December 30, 2021
Quora.com is a question and answer website and on that site David Consiglio Jr has become famous for answering (literally) world shattering questions. He seriously addresses questions like "What would happen if there was no friction?", "What if the Earth were hit by a fish the size of Pluto?", "How can we destroy the Moon?", among many others. The most common answer is Everyone Dies™ but in a lot more detail. This book is a collection of his most popular answers and if you're not really, really careful you might learn something from reading it.
January 15, 2018
Interesting book
I liked the concept and the content of the book. Although on my iPad the formatting was messed up. The books was humorous and interesting, and I recommend it for anyone who likes to ask science questions.
I liked the concept and the content of the book. Although on my iPad the formatting was messed up. The books was humorous and interesting, and I recommend it for anyone who likes to ask science questions.
January 13, 2024
A bit too whimsical for me. I thought that the book would delve into more serious threats, not a fish the size of Pluto hitting the Earth.
May 10, 2017
I was presented with this little primer on destroying everything in sight by the author in exchange for a fair review. At no time did Mr. Consiglio offer me money, offer to pay my children's way through school, or even bribe me with chocolate, a Ferrari, or a date with a hot Hollywood starlet. He did, however, ask me to read Everybody Dies (tm), and I accepted. I had seen his posts on Quora.com, and the responses to them were overwhelmingly positive. Therefore, with all the questions asked of him, it was only natural that he would use his skills of math and physics, along with a healthy dose of whimsy, to create this book.
The author deals with a number of questions that his students as well as strangers have asked him over the years. "How expensive would the average Everyone Dies scenario be?" "How fast would someone have to be running to kill another person on impact?" (I am NOT going near Usain Bolt), and the best of all, " What would happen if you instantaneously moved Uranus so that it was touching Earth?" (Yes, the jokes abound and I had my own as well). These three chapters, among the many, stand out to me.
Mr. Consiglio deals with each question in a very basic, down-to-Earth (no pun intended) manner, showing what would happen and more importantly, why. He counsels that there are no silly questions. There are only people stupid enough not to ask them. (My words, not his). Each chapter of the book is short, moves quickly--always a bonus--and is guaranteed to not only make the reader laugh, but also to think "This is good. I've learned something."
And in this reader's opinion, I have learned a lot. While I enjoyed each and every chapter, I think the book might have worked a bit better had it included some real life observations on his students, the troubles they have had understanding math and physics, and how Mr. Consiglio would have dealt with them on an individual basis. Even without any personal, real life scenarios between him and Student X, it is, at turns, a funny, morbid, and ultimately, enlightening read, one which I recommend to anyone and everyone. You may die--heck, Everybody Dies--but guaranteed, you'll die with a smile on your face.
In Mr. Consiglio's words: "Embrace your ignorance, and never stop seeking to fill the holes in your understanding with knowledge and wit." These are great words to live--and die--by.
The author deals with a number of questions that his students as well as strangers have asked him over the years. "How expensive would the average Everyone Dies scenario be?" "How fast would someone have to be running to kill another person on impact?" (I am NOT going near Usain Bolt), and the best of all, " What would happen if you instantaneously moved Uranus so that it was touching Earth?" (Yes, the jokes abound and I had my own as well). These three chapters, among the many, stand out to me.
Mr. Consiglio deals with each question in a very basic, down-to-Earth (no pun intended) manner, showing what would happen and more importantly, why. He counsels that there are no silly questions. There are only people stupid enough not to ask them. (My words, not his). Each chapter of the book is short, moves quickly--always a bonus--and is guaranteed to not only make the reader laugh, but also to think "This is good. I've learned something."
And in this reader's opinion, I have learned a lot. While I enjoyed each and every chapter, I think the book might have worked a bit better had it included some real life observations on his students, the troubles they have had understanding math and physics, and how Mr. Consiglio would have dealt with them on an individual basis. Even without any personal, real life scenarios between him and Student X, it is, at turns, a funny, morbid, and ultimately, enlightening read, one which I recommend to anyone and everyone. You may die--heck, Everybody Dies--but guaranteed, you'll die with a smile on your face.
In Mr. Consiglio's words: "Embrace your ignorance, and never stop seeking to fill the holes in your understanding with knowledge and wit." These are great words to live--and die--by.
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