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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Introduction The Dark and Bright Sides of Chemistry in the Movies; Chapter 1 Dr. Jekyll's Mysterious Transformative Formula; Chapter 2 Invisibility Steals the Seen: Chemistry Creates Criminal Opportunities; Chapter 3 Isomorphs of Paranoia: Chemical Arsenals; Chapter 4 Bad Company: The Business of Toxicity; Chapter 5 A Master/Slave Narrative: Drug Addiction and Psychoactives; Chapter 6 Inventors and Their Often Wacky Chemical Inventions; Chapter 7 Hard Science = Hard Evidence: Forensic Chemistry and Chemical Detectives; Chapter 8 Chem 101: Learning by Doing. |
| Summary |
ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies gives a scientist's and artist's response to the dark and bright sides of chemistry found in 140 films, most of them contemporary Hollywood feature films but also from a few others. This book explores the two movie faces of this supposedly neutral science. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science in motion pictures.
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Science in motion pictures. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Griep, Mark.
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Marjorie L. Mikasen.
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| ISBN |
9780199734405 (electronic book) |
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0199734402 (electronic book) |
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