The Physics of Superheroes

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🗓️ 28 March 2013

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Faster than a speeding bullet? More powerful than a locomotive? James Kakalios, physics professor and author of "The Physics of Superheroes" discusses the science behind the amazing powers of our favorite caped crusaders.

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0:00.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:05.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	StarTalk begins right now.
0:16.0	Welcome back to StarTalk Radio.
0:18.0	I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:21.0	And this is one of my favorite subjects of all time.
0:25.0	We're going to talk about the physics of superheroes.
0:29.0	Following the streets of Gotham, swinging on a spider's web,
0:33.0	leaping tall buildings in a single bound,
0:35.0	and I can't do that alone, I need help.
0:38.0	And I combed the streets of Gotham,
0:41.0	and I found Eugene Merman, Eugene.
0:43.0	Hello.
0:44.0	Welcome back to StarTalk.
0:45.0	It's great to be back.
0:46.0	I couldn't do this segment without you, you know?
0:48.0	No, no.
0:49.0	I knew you'd have something to say about every one of these things.
0:51.0	I do, I have an opinion about all of it.
0:53.0	I even brought a wing of ring powered by Will Power.
0:56.0	Is that right?
0:57.0	You know someone named Will Power.
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