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Kevin R. Grazier, Stephen Cass Hollyweird Science: The Next Generation From Spaceships to Microchips Series: Science and Fiction

Continues the entertaining and informative tour of how tv and movies transport hot topics in science to the public Includes extracts from interviews with a dozen and more well known writers, producers, and directors With a foreword by Zack Stentz writer of X-Men: First Class and Thor 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 subsequently by a range of experts from science and the film world. Starring roles in this 1st ed. 2017, XV, 420 p. 142 illus., 126 volume are played by, among other things, computers (human and mechanical), artificial illus. in color. intelligences, robots, and spacecraft. Interviews with writers, producers, and directors of acclaimed science-themed films stand side by side with the perspectives of scientists, science Printed book fiction authors, and science advisors. The result is a stimulating and informative reading Softcover experience for the layperson and professional scientist or engineer alike. The book begins with 19,99 € | £15.00 | $19.99 a foreword by Zack Stentz, who co-wrote X-Men: First Class and Thor, and is currently a writer [1] 21,39 € (D) | 21,99 € (A) | CHF /producer on CW’s The Flash. 27,03 eBook 16,04 € | £11.99 | $14.99 [2]16,04 € (D) | 16,04 € (A) | CHF 21,50 Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy Error[en_EN | Export.Bookseller. MediumType | SE]

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