Biology Run Amok!
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6472-9 (ISBN)
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).
Mark C. Glassy is a professor at the University of California, San Diego; Moores Cancer Center, Translational Neuro-Oncology Laboratory and a member of the advisory board for the University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Dennis Druktenis
Introduction
Laboratories in Science Fiction Films
The Microscope
Dr. Van Helsing’s Experiment
Frankenstein
The Notebooks of Frankenstein
The Chalk Notes of Dr. Gustav Niemann
The Laboratory of Dr. Septimus Pretorius
The Spark of Life: The Popular Science of Mrs. Mary Shelley
Boris Karloff: The Walking FrankenDead
Physiology
The Hairy Who Are Scary
Drugs in Science Fiction Cinema
Hormones, the Scariest of Them All!
Invasion of the Microbes
Surgery
Brains, Craniums, and Heads, Oh My!
Genetics and DNA
The Legacy of Doctor Moreau
Population Biology
Foods of the Gods
Radiation Biology
Amazing Colossal Science
The Nurse in Science Fiction Films
History of Nursing
Appendix: The Films
Scary Monsters Article Bibliography
General Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 03.12.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | 22 photos, appendix, bibliographies, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 435 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-6472-2 / 1476664722 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-6472-9 / 9781476664729 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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