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Recorded October 8 and 21. The breath powers: history, science, and creative implications.
Answers, insights, and commentary on:
- History:
- Is super breath its own power?
- First instances of super breath in the comics
- First instance of cold breath in the comics
- Adoption in adaptations
- Science:
- How breathing works
- Basics
- Applying strength
- World record techniques
- Does super breath implicate cold breath necessarily?
- Extinguishing fire
- Fire triangle / tetrahedron
- Vapor as fuel
- Cooling hot stuff
- Thermodynamics
- Cold is not a property
- Blowing on your hand
- Unreliable sensation
- Alternative explanation
- Gas cooling catch-all
- Mathematical limitations
- Absolute Zero
- Absolute Hot
- Freezing air
- Gas heat transfer
- Extinguishing fire
- Creative:
- Magical Thinking
- Story reasons for the power
- Story reasons against the power
- Is it okay to question stories?
- Investing in reality for stories
- Truth catching up to fiction
- Science in fiction
- Teachable attitudes and interactions
- Magic and fantasy another time
…and much more!
Sources:
Science of Superman (2006) | Warner Home Video
Nonexistent Objects Imaginary Worlds- Crash Course #29
Breathe! | Glenn Wolkenfeld
Great Wakkorotti | Animaniacs
Brian Jackson | Stan Lee’s Superhumans
Circular Breathing | Wikipedia
Only Vapors Burn 1947 Chemistry of Fire | US War Dept.
Liquid Nitrogen Grease Fire | Cody’s Lab
The Physics of The Impossible (2008) | Michio Kaku
First and Second Law of Thermodynamics | Flanders & Swann
Why does heat transfer from hot to cold? | Fact Tap
Substance of Silence | Stuff to Blow Your Mind
How Entropy Powers The Earth | Minute Physics
Misconceptions About Heat | Veritasium
What Is One Degree? | BBC
Why Is My Breath Hot? | Ask Science
Absolute Zero – Absolute Awesome | SciShow
What Does Liquid Nitrogen Do To Your Face | Grant Thompson
The Physics of Heat- Crash Course Physics #22
How Iceman Is Actually a Bomb! | Nerdist
Magical Thinking | Imaginary Worlds
Supergods | Grant Morrison
26 Facts on Family | Mental Floss
No. of questions kids ask daily | Duck Quacks Don’t Echo
Testimonials | Science & Entertainment Exchange
Aesthetics- Crash Course Philosophy #31
Superman The High Flying History (2012) | Larry Tye
Thermodynamics of Love (2009) | David Ng
Negative Temperatures are Hot | Sixty Symbols
Superman Memory Crystals | Physics World
The Science of Superman (2002) | Mark Wolverton
The Science of Superheroes (2002) | Gresh & Weinberg
The Science of Supervillains (2005) | Gresh & Weinberg
The Physics of Superheroes (2005) | James Kakalios
Superhero Powers Explained | University of Leicester
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