James Kakalios
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Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: James attended the University of Chicago where he earned his MS and then received his Ph. D. in 1986. Biography: James Kakalios is the Taylor Distinguished Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, where he has taught since 1988, and where his class “Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books” is a popular freshman seminar.
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Website: http://physicsofsuperheroes.com
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Selected Titles
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The amazing story of quantum mechanics : ISBN: 9780715643815 OCLC: 852936247 Duckworth Overlook, London : 2012, ©2010. Most of us are unaware of how much we depend on quantum mechanics on a day-to-day basis. Using illustrations and examples from science fiction pulp magazines and comic books, this book explains the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics that underlie the world we live in. It takes a look at the amazing technologies of the 21st century, and how quantum mechanics made them possible. -- From publisher description. |
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The amazing story of quantum mechanics : ISBN: 1592406726 OCLC: 426804133 Gotham Books, New York, N.Y. : ©2010. Most of us are unaware of how much we depend on quantum mechanics on a day-to-day basis. Using illustrations and examples from science fiction pulp magazines and comic books, this book explains the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics that underlie the world we live in. It takes a look at the amazing technologies of the 21st century, and how quantum mechanics made them possible. -- From publisher description. |
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The physics of superheroes ISBN: 9781101152362 OCLC: 539447877 Gotham Books, New York, N.Y. : ©2009. |
| The physics of superheroes / ISBN: 1592405088 OCLC: 318411479 Gotham Books, New York, N.Y. : ©2009. An exploration of the science behind the powers of popular comic superheroes reveals how differences between Krypton and Earth might enable some of Superman's abilities, the number of hamburgers that Flash would need to run at supersonic speeds, and more. |