The Science of Superheroes

Registered by samwiseuk of Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on 11/25/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by samwiseuk from Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Wednesday, November 25, 2009
This is a look at some of the most popular US comic book super heroes like Superman, Spider-man, Hulk, Batman and the X-Men, from a scientific point of view. The authors try to determine whether the powers attributed to the heroes could actually exist in real life. An entertaining read for anyone wanting to know how to become the Hulk. :)

Journal Entry 2 by wingSemioticghostwing from Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Saturday, December 12, 2009
my inner nerd rejoiced when I saw this book and it's now being browsed in my geekier circles.

Journal Entry 3 by wingSemioticghostwing at Caffe Nero IP1 Bookcrossing Zone in Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Saturday, October 13, 2012

Released 11 yrs ago (10/13/2012 UTC) at Caffe Nero IP1 Bookcrossing Zone in Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom

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Left on the window-sill by the fireplace, upstairs.

Journal Entry 4 by IpswichIzzy at Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Picked up at the meeting, earlier today.

Journal Entry 5 by IpswichIzzy at Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Friday, October 26, 2012
This is a fun read that takes an attribute of a superhero and then attempts to use science to explain whether or not that power could exist. In general, I found it enjoyable.

Journal Entry 6 by IpswichIzzy at Caffe Nero IP1 Bookcrossing Zone in Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Saturday, December 8, 2012

Released 11 yrs ago (12/5/2012 UTC) at Caffe Nero IP1 Bookcrossing Zone in Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom

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Local BookCrossers meet, from noon on the second Saturday of every month, at Coffee Link, on Neptune Quay. Why not come along and join us? We're easy to spot - we're the people sitting round a table covered in books!

Journal Entry 7 by BookGroupMan at Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Sunday, December 9, 2012
A joyful find! And, of course this had to come from and via several of my fellow geeks, nerds and bookcrossing chums. Thank you Pete et al, an early christmas present :)

Journal Entry 8 by BookGroupMan at Woodbridge, Suffolk United Kingdom on Thursday, December 27, 2012
I wonder if one of the authors is a comic fan (real fanatic!) and the other a scientist? Both elements are very well done; the minute detail and history of comic books and their superheroes, and some potted science lessons (black holes, relativity, space & time travel, human and animal physiology etc.) However, it struck me part way through that the juxtaposition of 2 such different worlds (IMO) is odd, dare I say comical? And despite the call for more scientific rigour, surely comics are meant to be escapism, i.e. not real! Or, more likely, my interest as a boy was too short-lived and fragmentary, I have some superhero comics from back in the day, but also fantasy (a separate genre according to Gresh & Weinberg not worthy of running their scientific slide rule over…Thor & Conan the Barbarian come to mind), Commando comics, Look & Learn, and other science and IT stuff. That said, I really enjoyed this, and also heard about some ‘new’ characters, like The Green Lantern, The Atom, Donald Duck & Uncle Scrooge(!) that passed me by, so maybe I should hunt out some comics now…

I will pass this on to my DS to read, to keep it in the bookcrossing family :)

Journal Entry 9 by BookGroupMan at Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Saturday, February 9, 2013

Released 11 yrs ago (2/9/2013 UTC) at Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom

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I forgot to release this, now with himself in London...with instructions to read and pass on. We shall see!

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