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Becoming Batman : The Possibility of a Superhero by E. Paul Zehr; James Kakalios is a business book available to read on EtoBox.

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Battling Bad Guys. High-tech Hideouts. The Gratitude Of The Masses. Who At Some Point In Their Life Hasn't Dreamed Of Being A Superhero? Impossible, Right? Or Is It? Possessing No Supernatural Powers, Batman Is The Most Realistic Of All The Superheroes. His Feats Are Achieved Through Rigorous Training And Mental Discipline, And With The Aid Of Fantastic Gadgets. Drawing On His Training As A Neuroscientist, Kinesiologist, And Martial Artist, E. Paul Zehr Explores The Question: Could A Mortal Ever Become Batman? Zehr Discusses The Physical Training Necessary To Maintain Bad-guy-fighting Readiness While Relating The Science Underlying This Process, From Strength Conditioning To The Cognitive Changes A Person Would Endure In Undertaking Such A Regimen. In Probing What A Real-life Batman Could Achieve, Zehr Considers The Level Of Punishment A Consummately Fit And Trained Person Could Handle, How Hard And Fast Such A Person Could Punch And Kick, And The Number Of Adversaries That Individual Could Dispatch. He Also Tells Us What It Would Be Like To Fight While Wearing A Batsuit And The Amount Of Food We'd Need To Consume Each Day To Maintain Vigilance As Gotham City's Guardian. A Fun Fora

Who reads Becoming Batman : The Possibility of a Superhero?

Author

E. Paul Zehr; James Kakalios

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801896217

Category

business

Subjects

Sports, Education, Science

Rating

3.55 / 5 (238 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14