The Science of Superheroes

by Robert Weinberg, Lois H. Gresh, Robert Weinberg

Book Overview

The truth about superpowers . . . science fact or science fiction?

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471468827
• ISBN13: 9780471468820
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Wiley (TP)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Popular Sciece Book

I found this to be a great popular science book that uses the interesting angle of "explaining" how there could be scientific explanations to what comic superheroes can do. A great way to learn both about science and about superheroes.

Informative and Entertaining

Fascinating, informative and entertaining book that speculates about the possibilities that some of the superpowers that superheroes have may be grounded in possible scientific explanations. A great way to be entertained, while learning various interesting science and technology.

Highly original and informative book. Fun to read

If you ever wondered if superheroes or supervillains can really exist, the Science of Superheroes and the Science of Supervillains are great books to read. The books are well written and entertaining. The Science of Superheroes was the first of its kind. Other books by other authors dealing with the similar issues, such as the Physics of Superheroes, have copied many of the ideas which were first presented in this classic. This classic and original book still beats all of the other imitations that followed it. It is great reading.

Excellent Info on Guys Who Wear Underwear Over Their Pants

This is an excellent book for those who are not obsessed with superheros but find things like their origins of some interest. For the full on superhero fans who know every episode inside and out of their favourite comic book character I do not think this book would suffice though. It just doesn't go to those depths of research to satisfy them and they would probably know all the stuff inside here anyway. For people like me who have read one or two comics and seen the odd television show as a kid this book more than meets our needs.An excellent introduction by Dean Koontz starts this book and then the reader is taken to specific chapters on specific superheros which also makes this an easy to use reference book for assignments or something. There are sections on Superman, the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, Batman, Aquaman, Sub-Mariner, Spiderman, Green Lantern, Ant Man, The Flash, The X-Men and for some reason Donald Duck. Time travel, doomsday, super science and other major parts of superhero comics also have their own chapter. Like I said this book will not satisfy full on fans of guys who wear their underwear over the outside of their pants but for those with a slight interest in the subject this will more than satisfy.

The Science of Superheroes

For anyone who loves superheroes, or just plain science, this is the book for you! Each chapter goes into the origin behind all of the legendary superheroes, followed by an explanation of the scientific and technological limitations of reality. This is definitely the most imaginative perspective I've seen on all my favorite superheroes.