Rhett Allain an Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University and a popular Dot Physics blogger at Wired Science Blogs. He has a knack for explaining things in a way that is both entertaining and useful. He is also the author of the National Geographic book Angry Birds Furious Forces: The Physics at Play in the World's Most Popular Game and of Just Enough Physics. He lives in Louisiana.

"Geek Physics shows us the joy to be found in using simple models and physics principles to dig deeper into everything from sports to comic-book movies. And, as it turns out, adding a little physics makes everything more fun." —Chad Orzel, author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

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Rhett Allain an Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University and a popular Dot Physics blogger at Wired Science Blogs. He has a knack for explaining things in a way that is both entertaining and useful. He is also the author of the National Geographic book Angry Birds Furious Forces: The Physics at Play in the World's Most Popular Game and of Just Enough Physics. He lives in Louisiana.

"Geek Physics shows us the joy to be found in using simple models and physics principles to dig deeper into everything from sports to comic-book movies. And, as it turns out, adding a little physics makes everything more fun." —Chad Orzel, author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

• How Fast Do Tweet Waves vs. Seismic Waves Travel?How Much Would R2-D2 Weigh If He Could Fly?How Realistic Is the Physics in Angry Birds?Big Space Ships With Even Bigger ThrustersJumping Off a Building With Bubble WrapIs It Better to Crash Into Another Car, or a Brick Wall?Can a Human Out-Pull a Truck?Would the Hulk Break the Road Whenever He Jumped?Can Humans Fly Like Birds, With Wings?Can You Fall Faster Than the Speed of Sound?Big Hail Is BadWhy Do Astronauts Feel Weightless?How Can a Broom Balance On Its Brushes?Can You Cook a Turkey By Dropping It?How Much Energy Does It Take to Get a Candy Bar in Orbit?Building and Supplying a Death Star With the ATVThe Long Jump: Gravity and AirLinear Regression and the Long JumpPower and Olympic SwimmersScoring the DecathlonDiving and the Moment of InertiaCould Cyclists Cheat With Hidden Batteries?What is Arnold Schwarzenegger Made Of?What Does Pi Have to do With Gravity?Can Airplanes Save Fuel by Using iPads?How Many Zombies Could You Drive Through?How Much Water Would It Take to Move a Car?Could Adam Savage Have Accidentally Killed Himself in the Swimming Car Myth?A Scale at the Bottom of a PoolSpaceships UnderwaterHow Much Ice Do You Need to Cool Your Beer?Can Ice Cream Get Cold Enough to be Zero Calories?The Power Source for a Light SaberCan You Charge Your Phone by Typing?Why Do Mirrors Reverse Left and Right, But Not Up and Down?Can a Building Be a Sun-Death Ray?Gollum PhysicsThe Physics of Thor’s HammerA Banana Powered GeneratorHow Many Dollar Bills Would it Take to Stack Them to the Moon?Could You Build a Scale LEGO Model of the Death Star?Would You Rather Fight a Horse-Sized Duck or 100 Duck-Sized Horses?NASA Space Games

Rhett Allain an Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University and a popular Dot Physics blogger at Wired Science Blogs. He has a knack for explaining things in a way that is both entertaining and useful. He is also the author of the National Geographic book Angry Birds Furious Forces: The Physics at Play in the World's Most Popular Game and of Just Enough Physics. He lives in Louisiana.

"Geek Physics shows us the joy to be found in using simple models and physics principles to dig deeper into everything from sports to comic-book movies. And, as it turns out, adding a little physics makes everything more fun." —Chad Orzel, author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

• How Fast Do Tweet Waves vs. Seismic Waves Travel?How Much Would R2-D2 Weigh If He Could Fly?How Realistic Is the Physics in Angry Birds?Big Space Ships With Even Bigger ThrustersJumping Off a Building With Bubble WrapIs It Better to Crash Into Another Car, or a Brick Wall?Can a Human Out-Pull a Truck?Would the Hulk Break the Road Whenever He Jumped?Can Humans Fly Like Birds, With Wings?Can You Fall Faster Than the Speed of Sound?Big Hail Is BadWhy Do Astronauts Feel Weightless?How Can a Broom Balance On Its Brushes?Can You Cook a Turkey By Dropping It?How Much Energy Does It Take to Get a Candy Bar in Orbit?Building and Supplying a Death Star With the ATVThe Long Jump: Gravity and AirLinear Regression and the Long JumpPower and Olympic SwimmersScoring the DecathlonDiving and the Moment of InertiaCould Cyclists Cheat With Hidden Batteries?What is Arnold Schwarzenegger Made Of?What Does Pi Have to do With Gravity?Can Airplanes Save Fuel by Using iPads?How Many Zombies Could You Drive Through?How Much Water Would It Take to Move a Car?Could Adam Savage Have Accidentally Killed Himself in the Swimming Car Myth?A Scale at the Bottom of a PoolSpaceships UnderwaterHow Much Ice Do You Need to Cool Your Beer?Can Ice Cream Get Cold Enough to be Zero Calories?The Power Source for a Light SaberCan You Charge Your Phone by Typing?Why Do Mirrors Reverse Left and Right, But Not Up and Down?Can a Building Be a Sun-Death Ray?Gollum PhysicsThe Physics of Thor’s HammerA Banana Powered GeneratorHow Many Dollar Bills Would it Take to Stack Them to the Moon?Could You Build a Scale LEGO Model of the Death Star?Would You Rather Fight a Horse-Sized Duck or 100 Duck-Sized Horses?NASA Space Games