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A biographical encyclopedia of scientists and inventors in American film and TV since 1930 / A. Bowdoin Van Riper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Riper, A. Bowdoin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Encyclopedia.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--History and criticism--United States.
- Scientists in motion pictures.
- Scientists on television.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (343 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- In this first in-depth study of how historic scientists and inventors have been portrayed on screen, The Hollywood History of Science and Technology catalogs nearly 300 separate performances and includes essays on the screen images of more than 80 historic scientists, inventors, engineers, and medical researchers.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Antiquity through the enlightenment
- pt. 2. The nineteenth century
- pt. 3. The twentieth century to 1945
- pt. 4. The twentieth century after 1945.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-32926-8
- 979-88-8183-904-8
- 1-283-25544-8
- 9786613255440
- 0-8108-8129-2
- OCLC:
- 753480164
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