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An exploration of the science behind the powers of popular comic superheroes reveals how differences between Krypton and Earth might enable some of Superman's abilities, the number of hamburgers that Flash would need to run at supersonic speeds, and more. 40,000 first printing.
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"The Physics of Superheroes is clear, rapid, funny and endlessly informative-as if Stan Lee and George Gamow had teamed up to battle the nefarious forces of ignorance."
-Gerard Jones, author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book
About the Author
James Kakalios is a professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, where he has taught since 1988, and where his class “Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books” is a popular freshman seminar. He received his Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of Chicago, and has been reading comic books for much longer.
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- PublisherGotham
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1592401465
- ISBN 13 9781592401468
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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