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Sep 21, 2006 | ISBN 9781592402427 Buy
Sep 29, 2005 | ISBN 9781101216736 Buy
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Sep 21, 2006 | ISBN 9781592402427
Sep 29, 2005 | ISBN 9781101216736
James Kakalios explores the scientific plausibility of the powers and feats of the most famous superheroes — and discovers that in many cases the comic writers got their science surprisingly right. Along the way he provides an engaging and witty commentary while introducing the lay reader to both classic and cutting-edge concepts in physics, including:
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”… More about James Kakalios
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