Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Physics of Super HeroesForeword 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 Ma...

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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.

Inhalt
The Physics of Super HeroesForeword
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
11. The Central City Diet Plan-Conservation of Energy
12. The Case of the Missing Work-The Three Laws of Thermodynamics
13. Mutant Meteorology-Conduction and Convection
14. How the Monstrous Menace of the Mysterious Melter Makes Dinner Preparation a Breeze-Phase Transitions
15. Electro's Clinging Ways-Electrostatics
16. Superman Schools Spider-Man-Electrical Currents
17. How Electro Becomes Magneto When He Runs-Ampere's Law
18. How Magneto Becomes Electro When He Runs-Magnetism and Faraday's Law
19. Electro and Magneto Do the Wave-Electromagnetism and Light
    Section 3-Modern Physics
20. Journey Into the Microverse-Atomic Physics
21. Not a Dream! Not a Hoax! Not an Imaginary Tale!-Quantum Mechanics
22. Through a Wall Lightly-Tunneling Phenomena
23. Sock It to Shellhead-Solid-State Physics
24. The Costumes are Super, Too-Materials Science
    Section 4-What Have We Learned?
25. Me Am Bizarro!-Superhero Bloopers
    Afterword-*Lo, There Shall Be an Ending!*
    Recommended Reading
    Key Equations
    Notes
    Acknowledgments
    Index