Hello everyone.
In the middle of "real life" related activities I ran across this reference. Apologies if its been talked to death already. But I could not think of a more (potentially) responsive audience to share this with.
University of Minnesota's James Kakalios has long used Superheroes in the classroom to illustrate scientific principles. He's written a book that sings to the techno geek in me as well as the fan boy.
See a review here http://www.physicsofsuperheroes.com/acclaim_more.htm
read an excerpt here http://www.physicsofsuperheroes.com/excerpt.htm
I picked this book up about a year ago. Really good read.
Yeah, it's been out a really, really long time, and I read it a while ago. It is quite fun to read.
I enjoyed it a while back, but it is totally just for people who like superheroes AND physics and getting a thrill out of seing those two interests collide.