Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition
A complete update to the hit book on the real physics at work in comic books, featuring more heroes, more villains, and more science\ Since 2001, James Kakalios has taught "Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books," a hugely popular university course that generated coast-to-coast media attention for its unique method of explaining complex physics concepts through comics. With The Physics of Superheroes, named one of the best science books of 2005 by...
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A complete update to the hit book on the real physics at work in comic books, featuring more heroes, more villains, and more science Since 2001, James Kakalios has taught "Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books," a hugely popular university course that generated coast-to-coast media attention for its unique method of explaining complex physics concepts through comics. With The Physics of Superheroes, named one of the best science books of 2005 by Discover, he introduced his colorful approach to an even wider audience. Now Kakalios presents a totally updated, expanded edition that features even more superheroes and findings from the cutting edge of science. With three new chapters and completely revised throughout with a splashy, redesigned package, the book that explains why Spider-Man's webbing failed his girlfriend, the probable cause of Krypton's explosion, and the Newtonian physics at work in Gotham City is electrifying from cover to cover.
The Physics of Super Heroes Foreword Preface to the Second Edition Introduction: Secret Origins: How Science Saved Superhero Comic Books\ Section 1-Mechanics\ 1. Up, Up, and Away-Forces and Motion\ 2. Deconstructing Krypton-Newton's Law of Gravity\ 3. The Day Gwen Stacy Died-Impulse and Momentum\ 4. Flash Facts-Friction, Drag, and Sound\ 5. If This Be My Density-Properties of Matter\ 6. So He Talks to Fishes, Want to Make Something of It?-Fluid Mechanics\ 7. Can He Swing From a Thread?-Centripetal Acceleration\ 8. Can Ant-Man Punch His Way Out of a Paper Bag?-Torque and Rotation\ 9. The Human Top Goes Out for a Spin-Angular Momentum\ 10. Is Ant-Man Deaf, Dumb, and Blind?-Simple Harmonic Motion\ 11.Like a Flash of Lightning-Special Relativity\ Section 2-Energy-Heat and Light\ 12. The Central City Diet Plan-Conservation of Energy\ 13. The Case of the Missing Work-The Three Laws of Thermodynamics\ 14. Mutant Meteorology-Conduction and Convection\ 15. How the Monstrous Menace of the Mysterious Melter Makes Dinner Preparation a Breeze-Phase Transitions\ 16. Electro's Clinging Ways-Electrostatics\ 17. Superman Schools Spider-Man-Electrical Currents\ 18. How Electro Becomes Magneto When He Runs-Ampere's Law\ 19. How Magneto Becomes Electro When He Runs-Magnetism and Faraday's Law\ 20. Electro and Magneto Do the Wave-Electromagnetism and Light\ Section 3-Modern Physics\ 21. Journey Into the Microverse-Atomic Physics\ 22. Not a Dream! Not a Hoax! Not an Imaginary Tale!-Quantum Mechanics\ 23. Through a Wall Lightly-Tunneling Phenomena\ 24. Sock It to Shellhead-Solid-State Physics\ 25. The Costumes are Super, Too-Materials Science\ Section 4-What Have We Learned?\ 26. Me Am Bizarro!-Superhero Bloopers\ Afterword-Lo, There Shall Be an Ending!\ Recommended Reading Key Equations Notes Acknowledgments Index
