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Additional Information about The Science of Superheroes
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Size Length: 200 pages
Height: 9.5 in.
Width: 6.5 in.
Thickness: 1.0 in.
Weight: 16.8 oz.

Publisher’s Note
The truth about superpowers . . . science fact or science fiction?
“An entertaining and informative guide to comic book wonders bound to come.”
-Julius Schwartz, Editor

Emeritus, DC Comics
Superman, Batman, The X-Men, Flash, Spider Man . . . they protect us from evildoers, defend truth and justice, and, occasionally, save our planet from certain doom. Yet, how much do we understand about their powers?

In this engaging yet serious work, Lois Gresh and Robert Weinberg attempt to answer that question once and for all. From X-ray vision to psychokinesis, invisibility to lightspeed locomotion, they take a hard, scientific look at the powers possessed by all of our most revered superheroes, and a few of the lesser ones, in an attempt to sort fact from fantasy. In the process, they unearth some shocking truths that will unsettle, alarm, and even terrify all but the most fiendish of supervillains.

Lois Gresh (Rochester, NY) has written eight novels and nonfiction books as well as dozens of short stories and has been nominated for national fiction awards six times.
Robert Weinberg (Oak Forest, IL) is a multiple award-winning author of novels, nonfiction books, short stories and comics.

Industry reviews
“The best part of this book is not the science, which is fine but somewhat perfunctory, but the material on the various superheroes.” (Sci-Fi, December 2002)

“…Gresh and Weinberg’s wonderful little book is both a potted history of superhero comics, and a pop science manual for the extremely lazy…” (hero.ac.uk-Higher Education and Research Opportunities, 28 October 2002)

“children who enjoyed the Spider-Man and X-men movies will delight in The Science of Superheroes… Perfect for turning a comic-book obsession into an enthusiasm for the laboratory…”(The Times, 7 December 2002)

“…This is definitely a fun book…” (The Alchemist, 9 January 2003)

“…All in all I can thoroughly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in science and at least a nostalgic fondness for comics…” (Chemistry In Britain, December 2002)

“…The Science of Superheroes could be a useful tool for encouraging comic fans to delve into science…” (Physics World, February 2003)

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#2

Intresting find. Do they mention the Incredibles at all in the book?

#3

Well, looking at the names of the authors you’ve listed here, I believe that TL was actually
referring to James Kakalios’ The Physics of Superheroes on the podcast, as opposed
to The Science of. I should pick that book up off my bookshelf sometime soon, see if they have anything about invisibility in there… I’ll be getting back to y’all on that. :slight_smile:

#4

ABSOLUTLY NO IDEA !!! they only mentioned spiderman and stuff , but the powers they talk about are probably the ones like in the incredibles .

#5

Huh, does this have anything to do with the forum.

#6

Yes, in the latest podcast, in the indepth discussion, we talk about the sicence of Violet’s invisibility and force fields.

#7

:blush: Must listen to it tonight

#8

Cool. I just noticed this now :stuck_out_tongue: I’ll have to see if i can locate that book somewhere…

#9

I sometimes wonder. While on the subject of the Science of Supers, why not have a disscussion about it?