Professor James Kakalios shows that comic-book heroes & villains get their physics right more often that you would think. Learn what the physics of forces & motion can reveal about Supermans strength & what would happen if the Atom could travel on an electron through a phone line. Exploring everything from thermo-dynamics to sold state physics & relating the physics in comic books to such real-world applications as microwave ovens & drivers air bags The Physics of Superheroes" shows how comic books have often been ahead of science in explaining cutting-edge physics & will make both comic-book fans & physicists exclaim Excelsior!"