The Physics of Super HeroesForeword Preface to the Second Edition Introduction: Secret Origins: How Science Saved Superhero Comic Books Section 1-Mechanics 1. Up, Up, and Away- Forces and Motion 2. Deconstructing Krypton- Newton's Law of Gravity 3. The Day Gwen Stacy Died- Impulse and Momentum 4. Flash Facts- Friction, Drag, and Sound 5. If This Be My Density- Properties of Matter 6. So He Talks to Fishes, Want to Make Something of It?- Fluid Mechanics 7. Can He Swing From a Thread?- Centripetal Acceleration 8.

Can Ant-Man Punch His Way Out of a Paper Bag?- Torque and Rotation 9. The Human Top Goes Out for a Spin- Angular Momentum 10. Is Ant-Man Deaf, Dumb, and Blind?- Simple Harmonic Motion 11.Like a Flash of Lightning- Special Relativity Section 2-Energy-Heat and Light 12. The Central City Diet Plan- Conservation of Energy 13. The Case of the Missing Work- The Three Laws of Thermodynamics 14. Mutant Meteorology- Conduction and Convection 15. How the Monstrous Menace of the Mysterious Melter Makes Dinner Preparation a Breeze- Phase Transitions 16.

Electro's Clinging Ways- Electrostatics 17. Superman Schools Spider-Man- Electrical Currents 18. How Electro Becomes Magneto When He Runs- Ampere's Law 19. How Magneto Becomes Electro When He Runs- Magnetism and Faraday's Law 20. Electro and Magneto Do the Wave- Electromagnetism and Light Section 3-Modern Physics 21. Journey Into the Microverse- Atomic Physics 22. Not a Dream! Not a Hoax! Not an Imaginary Tale!- Quantum Mechanics 23. Through a Wall Lightly- Tunneling Phenomena 24.

Sock It to Shellhead- Solid-State Physics 25. The Costumes are Super, Too- Materials Science Section 4-What Have We Learned? 26. Me Am Bizarro!- Superhero Bloopers Afterword- Lo, There Shall Be an Ending! Recommended Reading Key Equations Notes Acknowledgments Index.