Superman's Powers in Detail

Ever wondered the nuts and bolts of Superman's powers? If you're not satisfied with Wikipedia's answers, try this instead: Ben Tippet wrote an actual scientific paper about Superman's powers titled, "A Unified Theory of Superman's Powers."

How about that for a thesis paper eh?



Here's the abstract from the paper:

Since Time immemorial, man has sought to explain the powers of Kal-
El, a.k.a. Superman. Siegel et al. Supposed that His mighty strength
stems from His origin on another planet whose density and as a result,
gravity, was much higher than our own. Natural selection on the planet
of krypton would therefore endow Kal El with more ecient muscles and
higher bone density; explaining, to rst order, Superman's extraordinary
powers. Though concise, this theory has proved inaccurate. It is now clear
that Superman is actually ying rather than just jumping really high; and
His freeze-breath, x-ray vision, and heat vision also have no account in
Seigel's theory.
In this paper we propose a new unied theory for the source of Su-
perman's powers; that is to say, all of Superman's extraordinary powers
are manifestation of one supernatural ability, rather than a host. It is
our opinion that all of Superman's recognized powers can be unied if His
power is the ability to manipulate, from atomic to kilometer length scales,
the inertia of His own and any matter with which He is in contact.

And here's the link to the pdf: click here.