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“This is not a "guilty pleasure" of mine, simply because I don't believe in "guilty" pleasures. Snobbery is just the public face of insecurity.” PleasureGuiltyInsecurityInsecurePublicSnobbery Book:The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition Source: The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition
“Interestingly enough, whenever I cite examples from superhero comic books in a lecture, my students never wonder when they will use this information in their "real life". Apparently they all have plans, post-graduation, that involve protecting the City from all threat while wearing spandex. As a law-abiding citizen, this notion fills me with a great sense of security, knowing as I do how many of my scientist colleagues could charitably be termed "mad".” SchoolExampleHeroScientistPhysicsComicQuestionLectureSpandex Book:The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition Source: The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition
“As a kid I was deeply curious as to what college life would be like. Now that I am a university professor, I realize that this was a premonition that once I entered college I would never get out, and that my matriculation would turn into some sort of life sentence.” LifeSchoolEternalAdultStudentKidGraduateLife Sentence Book:The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition Source: The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition
“Using the tools developed by physicists in the last century, biologists in this century are poised to enact their own scientific revolution. Time will tell whether years from now another book will describe how "biologists changed the future." But on thing is for sure---we will not be able to embrace and participate in that future without the discipline, curiosity, questioning, and reasoning that science requires.” ReasonSciencePhysicsBiologyScientific Revolution Book:The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science that Made Our World Source: The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science that Made Our World