Biology Run Amok!: The Life Science Lessons of Science Fiction Cinema - Couverture souple

Glassy, Mark C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1476664722 ISBN 13 : 9781476664729

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2018

Synopsis

Science fiction movie audiences may sometimes wonder how fictitious the science in a film really is. Yet for many--call them the "Jurassic Park generation"--film and popular media can present a seemingly plausible melding of science and fiction that forms a distorted understanding of scientific facts and concepts. Recognizing that film is both the dominant entertainment medium and an effective tool for teaching, this book--featuring articles originally published in the magazine Scary Monsters--separates biological reality from fantasy in dozens of science fiction films, including The Island of Lost Souls (1933), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), War of the Worlds (1953), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Scanners (1980), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1987) and Outbreak (1995).

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mark C. Glassy is a cancer immunologist at the University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center and an Adjunct Professor at the John Wayne Cancer Institute. He lives in San Diego.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1476664722
• ISBN 13: 9781476664729
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 255
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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