# Comics that ask "what if?"

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2014
- Speaker: Randall Munroe
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Computer science, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/randall_munroe_comics_that_ask_what_if)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions ("what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?") using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming talk, a reader's question about Google's data warehouse leads Munroe down a circuitous path to a hilariously over-detailed answer — in which, shhh, you might actually learn something.

## Lectures

1. [Comics that ask "what if?"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/randall_munroe_comics_that_ask_what_if/522bbd453d35), 10 min (TED's player)