Comic Book Physics

hij writes "NANDO net has an article about a physics professor at the University of Minnesota is offering a class in Comic Book Physics. He looks into such things as the amount of calories that the Flash burns and the tension in spider-mans web."

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at least this illustrates interesting points

[dario_moreno]

as opposed, for instance, to Jon Katz who
uses comics to push his "post 9/11" agenda
and SW2 disappointment and discuss bullshit myths of nerds rejection (never saw that in Homer).

I never see the Fab 4 discussed ; Mr Stretch or the Invisible look indeed far-fetched,
but about the torch, one can indeed fly with jetpacks (as seen in Thunderball or Duke Nukem), and for the Thing, Mike Tyson pops to mind.