Inventing iron man : the possibility of a human machine / E. Paul Zehr.
"E. Paul Zehr physically deconstructs Iron Man to find out how we could use modern-day technology to create a suit of armor similar to the one Stark made"--Jacket.
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Origins of the iron knight: bionics, robotic armor, and anthropomorphic suits
- Building the body with biology: when the man of metal needs to muscle in
- Accessing the brain of the armored avenger: can we connect the cranium to a computer
- Multitasking and the metal man: how much can Iron Man's mind manage?
- Softening up a superhero: why the man with a suit of iron could get a jelly belly
- Brain drain: will Tony's gray matter give way?
- Trials and tribulations of the tin man: what happens when the human machine breaks down
- Visions of the vitruvian man: is invention really only one part inspiration?
- Deal or no deal? Could Iron Man exist?