49 – Breath

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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