Gravity and Batman – Science Facts in Comics
Gravity and Batman – Science Facts in Comics Comic-book writers have long borrowed ideas from science to enrich their stories. Today, we’re taking a look at some of the science facts in comics. Starting with Batman: Off-World – we’ll examine whether the science behind some of Batman’s observations is accurate – or whether the Dark Knight should spend a little more time reading physics textbooks. We’ve all heard the story of Isaac Newton and the falling apple. There is no strong evidence the apple actually hit his head, but it’s a nice and popular legend. And most of all, it inspired one of the most important scientific breakthroughs in history. Long before Newton, great thinkers such as Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci, and Galileo Galilei attempted to understand why objects fall. Aristotle, writing in the 4th century BC, distinguished between “natural” and “violent” motion, while Galileo performed experiments that challenged many…