Bomb Chicka Wow Wow! We first discuss bombs and how they cause damage through overpressure. Cool fact: When the writing team of The Flash writes down a number, there is a 92% chance they made it up. Then we discuss the physics of fighting and go through a bunch of calculations related to supersonic punches. Hey! Don’t tune me out now! It’s fuuuuun math about puuunches, okay, listeners. Fun math.

Articles:

Here’s the Wired article about running up buildings

A great article by FEMA about overpressure

Why Humans Can’t Run on Water

Why do they put the suits back on the mannequins? A web comic.

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