49 – Breath

Man of Steel Answers Insight Commentary

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

• 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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