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The Secret Science of Superheroes
Edited by
Andy Miah
Andy Miah
University of Salford, UK
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Paperback ISBN:
978-1-78262-487-5
PDF ISBN:
978-1-83916-853-6
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78801-265-2
Special Collection:
RSC Popular Science eBook Collection
Product Type:
Popular Science
No. of Pages:
227
Published online:
14 Sep 2017
Published in print:
01 Aug 2017
Book Chapter
CHAPTER 9: Why Doesn’t the Invisible Woman Bump Into Things?
By
Kat Day
Kat Day
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Published:01 Aug 2017
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Special Collection: RSC Popular Science eBook CollectionProduct Type: Popular Science
Page range:
130 - 140
Citation
K. Day, in The Secret Science of Superheroes, ed. M. Lorch and A. Miah, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017, pp. 130-140.
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Invisibility is perhaps the most intriguing and potentially useful superpower of all, but being invisible whilst still retaining the power of sight is actually rather tricky. How does Susan Storm, the Invisible Woman, do what she does? Could refraction hold the key? Is she perhaps bending light waves with some sort of gravitational field? Might adaptive camouflage hold the key? Or is it simple psychology? In this chapter we will take a look (pun intended) at the fascinating science of invisibility. Why doesn’t the invisible woman keep bumping into things?
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