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The Physics of Superheroes

Everything I need to know about gravity I learned from… Superman? We talk with physics professor and comic book aficionado James Kakalios about his new book The Physics of Superheroes. How can the Fantastic Four make physics fun?

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James Kakalios, author of The Physics of Superheroes; professor, School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn.

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