Edgar and Allan have a lot in common with their great-great-great-great granduncle Edgar Allan Poe. Not only do they look just like him but also they “[share] his taste for the thrilling and unexpected,” especially anything involving “[i]ntrigue, coded messages, [or] dark … [Read more...]
Highways, Motels, and the Birth of the American Road Trip
Once Edgar and Allan find out Roderick Usher has ended up at the Gale Farm and OZitorium, they convince Aunt Judith and Uncle Jack to take them on a road trip to get back their cat. There are a lot of miles to cover between Baltimore and Kansas, but there is certainly no shortage … [Read more...]
Untangling Quantum Entanglement
Professor S. Pangborn Perry wants to control the Poe twins because he believes their brains are connected via quantum entanglement (45-47). What exactly does that mean, and is it even possible? Let’s find out more about the cutting edge research going on in the field of … [Read more...]
The World’s First Handheld Device?
After they are unjustly expelled from school, Edgar and Allan amuse themselves with various scientific projects, one of which is making their own astrolabe out of old CDs (37). Did you know astrolabes were once very common and even children knew how to make and use them? How does … [Read more...]
The Science of Writing and Breaking Secret Codes
Edgar and Allan “[take] a particular (some might say ‘peculiar’) interest in things that others [disregard] as mere mistakes, because they [believe] that oddities and seeming coincidences [are] actually the world’s way of communicating secret messages” (41). What the twins don’t … [Read more...]