| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Scientific expertise in Hollywood : the interactions between scientific and entertainment cultures -- Cinematic science : scientific representation, film realism, and virtual witnessing technologies -- Valuing expertise : the entertainment industry's and scientific community's motivations in the science consulting relationship -- Scientists on screen : being a scientist, looking like a lab -- Cinematic fact checking : negotiating scientific facts within filmmaking culture -- Best guesses : scientific uncertainty, flexibility, and scientists in the aisles -- Fantastically logical : fantastic science, speculative scenarios, and the expertise of logic -- Preventing future disasters : science consultants and the enhancement of cinematic disasters -- The future is now : diegetic prototypes and the role of cinematic narratives in generating real-world technological development -- Improving science, improving entertainment : the significance of scientists in Hollywood. |
| 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. |
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Scientists in motion pictures.
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Scientists in motion pictures. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kirby, David A. (David Allen), 1968- Lab coats in Hollywood. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011 9780262014786 (DLC) 2010011961 (OCoLC)606052689 |
| ISBN |
9780262295499 (electronic book) |
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0262295490 (electronic book) |
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9780262296236 (electronic book) |
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0262296233 (electronic book) |
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9780262014786 |
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0262014785 |
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9780262518703 |
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0262518708 |
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