Osborn’s What If?: a Collection of Strange, Funny, and Brain-bending Questions That Will Actually Make You Smarter.

This is not the book you read to get smarter at dinner parties. It’s the one you read to wonder what would happen if Earth hit the cosmic brakes, or if we all woke up with green skin, or if grandparents needed nametags because they had six generations of descendants running around. The questions are odd, yes—but the answers are anchored in physics, biology, and a dash of philosophy (sometimes wearing a fake mustache). Think of it as science class turned inside out: rigorous where it matters, ridiculous where it’s fun. Wild “what if” scenarios grounded in real physics, biology, and astronomy.Scientific explanations that are clear, curious, and occasionally snarky.A playful way to see how serious science makes even the weirdest worlds possible.