Hollyweird Science: The Next Generation From Spaceships to Microchips /
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...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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Series: | Science and Fiction,
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Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- 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.