Hollyweird Science: The Next Generation From Spaceships to Microchips /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Grazier, Kevin R. (Συγγραφέας), Cass, Stephen (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Science and Fiction,
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Performing arts.; Science education.; Physics.; Sociology.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Physics.; Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.; Science Education.; Performing Arts.; Knowledge - Discourse.

Informative, entertaining and upbeat, this book continues Grazier and Cass's exploration of how technology, science, and scientists are portrayed in Hollywood productions. Both big and small-screen productions are featured and their science content illuminated—first by the authors and subsequen...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface: For the Sake of Argument
• English vs. Sciencespeak
• The Many-Body Problem: The Culture of Science
• The Scarecrow's Blunder: Mathematics and Statistics
• Let's Get Digital: Computers in Cinema
• Heavy Metal: AI and Robots in Cinema
• Boldly Going: Cinematic Spaceships
• The Gravity of the Situations: Orbits
• Getting from There to Here: Navigation in Space
• Life. In. Spaaaaace
• Putting Science in, Not Taking Drama Out: The Culture of Hollywood.