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000296815 1001_ $$aKakalios, James,$$d1958-
000296815 24514 $$aThe physics of superheroes /$$cJames Kakalios.
000296815 260__ $$aNew York :$$bGotham Books,$$cc2005.
000296815 300__ $$axvi, 365 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000296815 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-344) and index.
000296815 5050_ $$aIntroduction : secret origins : how science saved superhero comic books -- Up, up, and away : forces and motion -- Deconstructing Krypton : Newton's law of gravity -- The day Gwen Stacy died : impulse and momentum -- Can he swing from a thread? : centripetal acceleration -- Flash facts : friction, drag, and sound -- Like a flash of lightning : special relativity -- If this be my density : properties of matter -- Can Ant-Man punch his way out of a paper bag? : torque and rotation -- Is Ant-Man deaf, dumb, and blind? : simple harmonic motion -- Does size matter? : the cube-square law -- The Central City diet plan : conservation of energy -- The case of the missing work : the three laws of thermodynamics -- Mutant meteorology : conduction and convection -- How the monstrous menace of the mysterious melter makes dinner preparation a breeze : phase transitions -- Electro's clinging ways : electrostatics -- Superman schools Spider-Man : electrical currents -- How Electro becomes Magneto when he runs : Ampere's law -- How Magneto becomes Electro when he runs : magnetism and Faraday's law -- Electro and Magneto do the wave : electromagnetism and light -- Jouney into the microverse : atomic physics -- Not a dream! Not a hoax! Not an imaginary tale! : quantum mechanics -- Through a wall lightly : tunneling phenomena -- Sock it to Shellhead : solid-state physics -- Me am Bizarro! : superhero bloopers -- Afterword : Lo, there shall be an ending! -- Ask Dr. K! -- Key equations.
000296815 650_0 $$aPhysics$$xStudy and teaching.
000296815 650_0 $$aScience in popular culture.
000296815 650_0 $$aComic books, strips, etc. in education.
000296815 650_0 $$aComic books, strips, etc.$$xHistory.
000296815 85200 $$bgen$$hQC23.2$$i.K35$$i2005
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