How Fast Would Wonder Woman’s Lasso Need to Spin to Block Bullets?

Rhett Allain
6 min readAug 26, 2020
Photo: Warner Bros.

Look. I know Wonder Woman is not real. I’m cool with that. It doesn’t matter that she does stuff that breaks the normal rules of physics. In fact, that’s what makes super hero movies like Wonder Woman 1984 so enjoyable.

However, this doesn’t mean that I can’t do both — appreciate the movie for what it is AND analyze the physics. You can’t stop me.

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Rhett Allain

Physics faculty, science blogger of all things geek. Technical Consultant for CBS MacGyver and MythBusters. WIRED blogger.