The scientist in popular culture : playing God and working wonders /: playing God and working wonders. ([2022])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The scientist in popular culture : playing God and working wonders /: playing God and working wonders. ([2022])
- Main Title:
- The scientist in popular culture : playing God and working wonders
- 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.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.748363
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