This collection examines how scientists are represented in popular screen media, from blockbuster films and biopics to television drama. Contributors argue that across horror, science fiction, crime drama, and comedy, these fictional scientists embody the hopes and fears associated with real-life science.
This collection examines how scientists are represented in popular screen media, from blockbuster films and biopics to television drama. Contributors argue that across horror, science fiction, crime drama, and comedy, these fictional scientists embody the hopes and fears associated with real-life science.
Rebecca Janicker is senior lecturer in film and media studies at the University of Portsmouth.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Frankenstein Goes West: The Mad Scientist from Classic Literature to Modern Sci-Fi Horror James Francis, Jr. Chapter Two: "Pay attention, 007": The Evolution of Q in the Bond Film Franchise Claire Hines Chapter Three: 2001: A Space Odyssey: The Moonwatcher, the Scientist, and The Art of War William Gombash Chapter Four: The Scientist as Sixties Icon: Cinema, Politics and Collective Memory Oliver Gruner Chapter Five: "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 Chapter Six: Through Heroism and Science "Woman Inherits the Earth": Female Scientists and Dramatic Acts in the Jurassic Park Film Franchise Rachel L. Carazo Chapter Seven: A Scientific Method to Muppet Madness: The Enduring Significance of Innovation at Muppet Labs Danielle Johannesen Chapter Eight: "All of It, Madness": Cosmic Horror and the Scientists of Chernobyl Philip L. Simpson Chapter Nine: A Feeling for the Clone: Feminist Science in Action in Orphan Black Olivia Belton Chapter Ten: Dexter: Forensic Scientists, Orientated Audiences and the Dark Defender of the Social Order Ryan Taylor Chapter Eleven: "It's my time now. The time of science": Mad Science in American Horror Story Rebecca Janicker Chapter Twelve: "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 About the Contributors
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Frankenstein Goes West: The Mad Scientist from Classic Literature to Modern Sci-Fi Horror James Francis, Jr. Chapter Two: "Pay attention, 007": The Evolution of Q in the Bond Film Franchise Claire Hines Chapter Three: 2001: A Space Odyssey: The Moonwatcher, the Scientist, and The Art of War William Gombash Chapter Four: The Scientist as Sixties Icon: Cinema, Politics and Collective Memory Oliver Gruner Chapter Five: "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 Chapter Six: Through Heroism and Science "Woman Inherits the Earth": Female Scientists and Dramatic Acts in the Jurassic Park Film Franchise Rachel L. Carazo Chapter Seven: A Scientific Method to Muppet Madness: The Enduring Significance of Innovation at Muppet Labs Danielle Johannesen Chapter Eight: "All of It, Madness": Cosmic Horror and the Scientists of Chernobyl Philip L. Simpson Chapter Nine: A Feeling for the Clone: Feminist Science in Action in Orphan Black Olivia Belton Chapter Ten: Dexter: Forensic Scientists, Orientated Audiences and the Dark Defender of the Social Order Ryan Taylor Chapter Eleven: "It's my time now. The time of science": Mad Science in American Horror Story Rebecca Janicker Chapter Twelve: "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 About the Contributors
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