The scientist in popular culture : playing God and working wonders /: playing God and working wonders. ([2022])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rebecca Janicker.
• Editors: Janicker, Rebecca, 1978-
• Contents: Frankenstein goes west : the mad scientist from classic literature to modern sci-fi horror / James Francis, Jr. -- "Pay attention, 007" : the evolution of Q in the Bond film franchise / Claire Hines -- A space odyssey : the moonwatcher, the scientist, and the art of war / William Gombash -- The scientist as sixties icon : cinema, politics and collective memory / Oliver Gruner -- "Why is everything so heavy in the future?" : science and a nation at risk in the American teen movies of 1985 / Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield -- Through heroism and science "woman inherits the earth" : female scientists and dramatic acts in the Jurassic Park film franchise / Rachel L. Carazo -- A scientific method to muppet madness : the enduring significance of innovation at Muppet Labs / Danielle Johannesen -- "All of it, madness" : cosmic horror and the scientists of Chernobyl / Philip L. Simpson -- A feeling for the clone : feminist science in action in Orphan Black / Olivia Belton -- Dexter : forensic scientists, orientated audiences and the dark defender of the social order / Ryan Taylor -- "It's my time now. The time of science" : mad science in American horror story / Rebecca Janicker -- "I suggest you don't worry about those things and just enjoy yourself" : the scientist, time travel and the development of narrative conventions / Dylan Pank and John Caro.
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 236 pages)
• Subjects: 791.43/66; Scientists in motion pictures; Scientists on television; Scientists in motion pictures; Scientists on television
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781793633040; 1793633045
• Related ISBNs: 9781793633033
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 15, 2022).
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