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This is a hugely entertaining and amazingly accessible look at how real world physics can be applied to the world of the superhero, from how Spiderman swings from buildings and Superman leaping buildings in a single bound to how Storm controls the weather and Magento and Electro can become interchangable in their abilities. Kakalios manages to take some of the more complicated aspects of physics (including a good dose of quantum mechanics) and makes them not just readable but also enjoyable (if
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It stayed mostly in high school physics, so the physics was a little boring to me. But the comic book history and Kakalios's humor made it a worthy read.
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