The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition

by Kakalios, James

  microwave weapon and

  phase transitions and

  quantum mechanics and

  tuning microwave weapon and

  chemical stacking

  Chief (Doom Patrol leader)

  Chronos the Time Thief (Atom foe)

  classroom chairs analogy, solid-state physics and. See also orchestra chairs analogy

  clouds

  cobalt

  Cockdrum, Dave

  Colan, Gene

  Colbert, Stephen

  Cold War

  color

  of light

  of sun

  Colossal Boy

  Colossus (Peter Rasputin)

  Coma cluster of galaxies

  comic books. See also superhero comic books

  attacked by politicians

  education and

  near collapse of, in mid-1950s

  origin and early history of

  science correct in

  synchronicity of ideas in

  Western

  Comics Code Authority (CCA)

  comic strips, early

  Communism

  composite materials

  computers

  conduction, thermal. See also convection

  conduction oven

  conductors, electrical

  conservation of energy

  Big Bang and

  bow and

  defined

  electrical generation and

  First Law of Thermodynamics and

  food and

  Iron Man’s flight and

  photons and quantum jump and

  swimming speeds and

  conservation of momentum

  contact electrification

  convection, thermal

  convection oven

  Conway, Gerry

  Cooke, Darwyn

  Cosmic Boy

  cosmic rays

  Cosmic Treadmill

  Coulomb, Charles

  Coulomb equation

  covalent bonds

  Crime SuspenStories

  Crime Syndicate of America

  Crimson Dynamo (Iron Man foe)

  “Crisis on Earth-2,”

  “Crisis on Earth-X,”

  “Crisis on Infinite Earths” (miniseries)

  cross-sectional area, strength and

  crystalline configuration

  phase transition and

  quartz vs. glass and

  crystalline solid

  cube-square law

  cuneiform letters

  curved geometry theory

  Cussler, Ed

  Custer, General

  Cyclops (Scott Summers)

  optic force beams of

  Daniels, Les

  Danning, Victor (crooked ex-scientist)

  Daredevil (Matt Murdock)

  Daredevil ,

  Dark Age of comic books

  dark energy

  Dark Knight Strikes Again # 1, The

  Dark Matter

  Darwin, Charles

  Davisson, Clinton

  DC Comics

  DC: The New Frontier (Cooke)

  “Deadly Diamonds of Doom, The” (Atom #15)

  death ray

  deceleration . See also acceleration

  degenerate matter

  Delacorte, George

  density

  black holes and

  cube-square law and

  fluid, and resistance of

  limits of, in planets

  micro-world and shrinking

  neutron stars and

  shrinking and nonconstant

  sound waves and

  Vision’s control of

  water and

  white dwarf meteorite and

  Depression, Economic

  depth, pressure and

  Despero (JLA foe)

  Detective Comics ,

  Detective Comics ,

  Detective Fiction Weekly

  deuterium nucleus

  DeWitt, Bryce

  diamagnetic materials

  diamond

  covalent bonds and

  diffraction

  dimensions, number of

  diodes

  direct current (DC)

  Discovering the Natural Laws (Rothman)

  displacement

  distance

  conservation of energy and

  electrical current and

  electric and magnetic fields and

  electromagnetic waves and

  electrostatics and

  forces and motion and

  impulse and momentum and

  Newton’s law of gravity and

  simple harmonic motion and

  sound waves and

  thermodynamics and

  torque and rotation and

  distribution syndicates

  Ditko, Steve

  Doc Savage

  Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)

  Doctor Light (Atom foe)

  Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)

  dolphin, speed of

  domains, magnetism and

  “Don’t Laugh at the Comics” (Richard)

  “Doom of the Star Diamond” (JLA )

  Doom Patrol

  Doppler effect

  drag forces, friction and resistance and

  bubbles in beer and

  water and no-slip zone and

  Dr. Manhattan (Jon Osterman)

  Dr. Strange

  DVD players

  Earth. See also atmosphere

  acceleration due to gravity on

  age of

  density of

  diameter of

  gravitational field of

  orbit of

  orbit of moon and

  rotation of

  Earths, parallel

  changing history through time travel and

  Flash and

  infinite number of

  Justice League of America and

  Schrödinger’s Cat and quantum mechanics and

  eddy current

  Educational Comics

  efficiency

  conservation of energy and

  laws of thermodynamics and entropy and

  Egghead (Ant Man foe)

  Einstein, Albert . See also relativity

  Brownian motion and

  quantum of light energy and

  elastic material

  Elasti-Girl (Rita Farr)

  electrical charges or bolts

  ability to store and discharge

  attraction and repulsion and

  defined

  electric field and

  grounding and

  magnetic field and

  electrical currents

  generation of, and moving magnetic field

  generation of, and solar cell

  grounding and

  magnetic fields and

  resistance and

  short circuit and

  electrical dynamo and power plants

  electrical energy, measurement of

  electrical field

  oscillating, and microwave device

  electricity, symmetry between

  magnetism and Electro (Max Dillon)

  discharging lightning bolts

  electric rays like magnets by, to climb building

  voltage and grounding and

  electromagnet

  electromagnetic pulse

  electromagnetic radiation

  electromagnetic spectrum

  measuring temperature using

  neon lights and

  night-vision goggles and

  ultraviolet and infrared ends of

  visible light and

  electromagnetic waves

  brain waves and

  broadcasting and

  frequency and wavelength of

  sun’s generation of

  X rays vs. visible light and

  electromagnetism

  four basic forces and

  force of static electricity
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  superheroes and villains with powers of

  problem of glowing hot object and need for quantum mechanics

  electron-anti-electron particle pairs

  electron beams

  electronic devices

  electrons. See also atoms; chemical bonds

  atomic physics and

  Big Bang and

  chemical bonds and

  compression of, and supernova

  degenerate, and low energy quantum states

  electromagnetic waves and

  electrostatics and

  electric current and

  internal magnetic field of

  light or photon emitted by

  magnetism and

  material science and chemical bonds and

  microwave oven and

  quantum theory and discrete energy levels of

  quantum theory, Schrödinger equation, and probability and location of

  semiconductors vs. metals and insulators and

  static electricity and

  telephone travel and

  transistors and

  tunneling phenomena and

  electroreceptors

  electrostatics

  defined

  gravity and

  metal shaping and

  pulmonary surfactant and

  Element Lad

  elements

  synthesis of, in stars

  wavelengths of light emitted by

  Elkins (Atom foe)

  Elongated Man

  energy. See also conservation of energy; kinetic energy; potential energy; and specific types

  Big Bang and

  defined

  efficiency and

  electro magnetic pulsed energy weapons

  E=mc2 and

  fluid mechanics and laminar flow, and no-slip zone

  food and

  Iron Man’s need for

  kinetic vs. potential

  phase transitions and

  quantum physics, Planck’s constant and discrete levels of, for electrons

  solar, and plants

  thermodynamics and

  waste heat and

  energy density

  energy gap

  Entertaining Comics (EC)

  entropy

  erg, unit of energy

  escape velocity

  Euler, Leonhard

  evaporation

  evaporation cooling

  Everett, Bill

  Everett, Hugh

  evolution

  eyes. See also vision

  Famous Studios

  Fantastic Four

  Fantastic Four,

  Fantastic Four ,

  Fantastic Four ,

  Fantastic Four ,

  Fantastic Four,

  Fantastic Four

  Fantastic Four,

  Fantastic Four

  Fantastic Four,

  Fantastic Four ,

  Fantastic Four ,

  Fantastic Four Annual ,

  Fantastic Voyage (Asimov)

  Fantastic Voyage (film)

  Fantastic Voyage II (Asimov)

  Faraday, Michael

  Faraday’s Law

  Fawcett Publications

  Fermi, Enrico

  Ferro Lad

  ferromagnetic materials

  Fielding, Henry

  Fin Fang Foom (foe)

  fish

  swim bladder

  telepathy and

  Flash (Barry Allen, Wally West)

  anti-vortex created by

  aura of

  Bernoulli effect and

  bomb launched by

  breathing of

  bullets caught by

  contact electrification and

  costume of

  death of

  electrical power generated by

  food and energy needs of

  friction and heat and

  Golden Age Flash visited by

  origin of

  parallel worlds and

  reintroduction of

  running near speed of light and

  running on surface of ocean

  running up side of building

  shock front created by

  solid barriers passed through by

  sonic boom created by

  sound, hearing, and pitch and

  speed of

  speed of, and not burning up

  static charge, friction, and magnetic fields and

  Superman vs.

  time travel and

  turned into marionette by Abra Kadabra

  vibration by, to escape from blocks of ice

  vortex created by, to slow objects or levitate crook

  Flash (Jay Garrick, Golden Age)

  tunneling and

  Flash (Golden Age)

  Flash (Vol. 2)

  Flash ,

  Flash,

  Flash,

  Flash ,

  Flash,

  Flash

  Flash

  Flash ,

  Flash ,

  Flash,

  Flash,

  Flash (Vol. 2)

  Flash (Vol. 2)

  “Flash of Two Worlds,”

  Fleischer, Studios

  floating

  fluid mechanics

  fluids, resistance of

  flying

  Angel and

  birds and

  cars and

  Superman and

  food, energy provided by

  force. See also electromagnetism; energy; gravity

  angular momentum and

  atomic and chemical

  centripetal acceleration and

  cube-square law and

  due to gravity

  electric field and

  electromagnetism and

  electrons and atoms and quantum mechanics and

  electrostatics and

  fluid mechanics and

  four basic, defined

  friction and

  impulse and momentum and

  magnetic field and

  motion and

  needed to deflect bullet

  Newton’s law of gravity and Coulomb’s expression and

  per unit area (pressure)

  simple harmonic motion and

  thermodynamics and

  torque and rotation and

  work and conservation of energy and

  force fields, invisible

  Fox, Gardner

  freeze ray gun

  frequency

  electromagnetic waves and

  pendulum and

  sound waves and

  friction

  drag and sound and

  electrostatics and

  force and motion and

  fulcrum

  Full, Robert

  Funnies on Parade

  G-8 and His Battle Aces

  Gaines, Maxwell C. (M.C.)

  Gaines, William

  Galactus (cosmic menace)

  galaxies

  Galileo

  gamma rays

  gases

  exchange, in lungs

  phase transition and

  gas giants

  Gauss, Carl Friedrich

  gecko lizard

  genetic manipulation

  geology

  Germanium

  Germer, Lester

  Giant-Man (Henry Pym) . See also Ant Man; Goliath

  bones of

  stability of

  Whirlwind vs.

  Gibbons, Dave

  Gladiator (Marvel Comics hero)

  glass

  compression underwater

  quartz vs.

  stained

  glow curve of hot object

  Golden Age of comic books

  Goodman, Martin

  Googam (villain)

  Gordon, Flash

  Gormuu (Fantastic Four foe)

  Graham, Neill

  grandfather paradox

  graphite

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  gravity

  core of large planet or star and

  Earth’s vs. Krypton’s

  electrostatics and

  force and motion and

  magnetic repulsion counteracting

  missing mass in universe and

  Newton’s law of

  nuclear fusion in sun and

  pendulum and

  planets and moons and

  potential energy and

  quantum theory and

  Greek Fire

  Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)

  archery equipment of

  Silver Age

  Green Goblin (Spider-Man foe)

  Green Lantern ,

  Green Lantern

  Golden vs. Silver Age

  Iron Man and

  moon on string and

  origin of

  reinvention of, in

  yellow ring of

  Greer, Alex (Superman foe)

  Grey, Jean (X Men)

  grounding

  gyroscopes

  Hale, Nathan

  halflife

  Halflife (Avenger foe)

  Hawkeye

  Hawkgirl

  Hawking, Stephen

  Hawkman

  hearing

  Ant Man and

  Atom and

  Superman and

  Hearst, William Randolph

  heat

  flow of. See thermodynamics

  light and

  heat ray

  heat vision

  Heck, Don

  height

  cube-square law and

  force and motion and

  Heisenberg, Werner

  helicopters

  helium

  nucleus, mass of

  hematite

  hemoglobin

  Hex, Jonah (Western hero)

  High Field Magnetic Laboratory (University of Nijmegen)

  Hijacker (Ant Man foe)

  Hourman (Rex Tyler)

  Hulk (Bruce Banner)

  battle with Iron Man

  costumes of

  lifting buildings

  origin of

  skin of

  strength of, and adrenaline

  Human Top (Dave Cannon). See Whirlwind

  Human Torch

  Hyatt, Alpheus V. (physics professor)

  hybrid-engine technology

  hydrogen

  hydrogen bomb

  hydropower

  hypnosis

  hypnotic ray

  “I, the Iceman,”

  Iceman (Bobby Drake)

  freeze rays of

  ice slides and ladders of

  icy covering of

  impulse and momentum

  angular momentum and

  Conservation of Linear Momentum and

  impurity

  electric light and

  semiconductors and

  impurity ions

  Incredibles, The

  inertial guidance systems

  Infantino, Carmine

  infrared radiation

  insulators

  thermal

  Invisible Woman (Sue Storm, Susan Richards)

  ions

  iron

  magnetism and

  melting weapon

  Iron Man (Tony Stark, Shellhead)

  costume of

  flying by

  Melter foe of

  Melter’s weapon vs.

  origin of

  repulsor and reverse magnetism rays of

  shrapnel-damaged heart of