Hollyweird science : from spaceships to microchips /: from spaceships to microchips. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kevin R. Grazier, Stephen Cass.
• Other Names: Grazier, Kevin R (Robert), 1961-; Cass, Stephen
• Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Prologue: For Sake of Argument; 2: English Versus Sciencespeak; 3: The Many-Body Problem: The Culture of Science; The Culture of Science When not Confined to the Petri Dish; Science Literacy I: What Is Science Literacy?; Science Literacy II: "Piled Higher and Deeper", or Something Else?; Scientist Lifestyle: Aves of a Species; Scientists on Hollywood Scientists; Back off, Man, We're Scientists; 4: The Scarecrow's Blunder: Mathematics and Statistics; Mathematics Box: Pi-curious; Mathematics Box: All About e. Math Box: Base Jumping: Using Different Number SystemsMath Box: Correlation Versus Causation; Math as Scienceś Boring Cousin; Statistics Box: The Monty Hall Problem; Hollywoodś Complicated Relationship with Statistics; Statistics Box: Nielsen Ratings and Share; Mathematics Box: The Nature of Randomness, or Why Stars ``Die in Threes;́́ Statistics Box: The Odds of Winning the Lottery; The Final Tally; 5: Letś Get Digital: Computers in Cinema; Computer Architecture; Science Box: (to be) OR NOT(to be) = TRUE; Science Box: Of Bits and Bytes and Bases; At the Junction, P-N Junction. Science Box: Gap Band Versus Band GapScience Box: Making Electrons Logical; Memory/Data/Storage; Science Box: A Bit on Programming; Letś Get Small; Cryptology: Gur irel onfvpf; Hacking; Big Data; Science Box: The Evolution of ``Hacking;́́ Hollywood Analytics; Cleverer and Cleverer; 6: Heavy Metal: AIs and Robots in Cinema; Science Box: How Much Disk Space Does It Take to Save a Mind?; The Nuts and Bolts of Cinematic Robots; Meet the Storyteller: James Kerwin; Robots of All Shapes and Sizes; The Run-up to the Technological Singularity; On Being Human; Meet the Storyteller: David Brin. 7: Boldly Going: Cinematic SpaceshipsMeet the Rocket Scientist: Jack Parsons; Do You Wanna Build a Spaceship?; Science Box: The Physics of Gravity Assist; Science Box: Spaceś Shooting Range and the Kessler Syndrome; Science Box: Ascension, Dudley Buck, and the Cryotron Computer; Ground System; Meet the Storyteller: Andy Weir, Novelist, The Martian; The Overview Effect; 8: The Gravity of the Situation: Orbits; No Such Thing as a Free Launch: Getting into Orbit and Staying There; Science Box: What Goes Up May Not Necessarily Come Down: Escape Velocity; Keplerś Laws; Keplerś First Law. Science Box: Keplerś First Law and the Orbits of Neptune and Pluto, and Planet XKeplerś Second Law; Science Box: Gravity, Keplerś Second Law, and the Molniya Orbit; Keplerś Third Law; Science Box: Keplerś Third Law and Geostationary/Geosynchronous Orbits; Lagrange Points; Meet the Storyteller: Nicole Perlman; 9: Getting from There to Here: Navigation in Space; Defining a Coordinate System or Reference Frame; Science Box: Constellation Prize; Science Box: A Light-Year by Any Other Name; Dude, Whereś Our Spaceship?; Science Box: Parallax, the Parsec, and the Kessel Run; Here Be Dragons.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 791.43/66; Popular works; Science in motion pictures; Science fiction television programs; Science fiction films; PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference; Science fiction films; Science fiction television programs; Science in motion pictures; Science -- Physics; Science -- Study & Teaching; Performing Arts -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Impact of science & technology on society; Teaching of a specific subject; Dance & other performing arts; Sociology; Science_xStudy and teaching; Performing arts; Physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319542157
• Related ISBNs: 331954215X; 9783319542133; 3319542133
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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