Onscreen Chemistry : The Portrayal of Chemical Science in Film and TV.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Donoghue, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science in motion pictures.

Motion pictures and television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, The, 2025.

Summary:

From Transylvania and Chernobyl to generic geniuses and meth makers, explore the fascinating world of the big and small screen through a chemist's eye as cinema and television are passed under the microscope in this captivating book.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Adedication

Preface

Season 0 The Pilot

0.1 What's the Story?

0.2 The Smell of Cinema

0.3 Factually Neglected

0.4 Examining the Theories

0.5 Building on Previous Work

0.6 Other Onscreen Chemistry

Abbreviations

GLossary of Lab Terms

References

Season 1 First Principles

1.1 The Chemist's Photo Lab

1.2 Lights, Camera, Chemistry

1.3 The Birth of Celluloid

1.4 The Celluloid Problem

1.5 Science on Screen

1.6 Real Science

1.7 Silent Sci-fi

Season 2 Silver Screen

2.1 A New Art Form

2.2 The Sound of Good and Evil

2.3 The Dangers of Science

2.4 Time for a Change

2.5 Comedy Chemistry

2.6 Early Animations

2.7 Chemistry Biographies

Season 3 Transition Chemistry

3.1 Strange New Worlds

3.2 Transition Chemistry

3.3 Magic Chemistry

3.4 The Chemistry of Toothaches

3.5 Fictional Science vs. Medicine

3.6 Madame Curie

Season 4 War and Peace

4.1 Lights, Camera, Actinides

4.2 Chemistry Crimes

4.3 Ethics and Chemistry

4.4 Chemistry Inventions

Season 5 The Golden Era

5.1 All the Best Jokes Argon

5.2 Teaching Chemistry

5.3 The Universal Language

5.4 Chemistry in Sci-fi

5.5 Mutations

5.6 Monster Chemistry

Season 6 Colourful Chemistry

6.1 Lift-off for Science Fiction

6.2 Space Monsters

6.3 More Chemistry Inventions

6.4 Self-experimentation

6.5 Bond, Chemical Bond

6.6 Recreational Drugs

6.7 Salt Jokes are Sodium Funny

Season 7 Public Enemy

7.1 The War on Drugs

7.2 Police Chemistry

7.3 Dystopian Accidents

7.4 The Creative Lab

7.5 Monsters and Aliens

7.6 Back Bonding

7.7 Young Chemistry

Season 8 Accident Prone

8.1 Accidental Chemistry

8.2 Chemistry Education

8.3 Space Chemistry.

8.4 Robotic Chemistry

8.5 Fictional Materials

8.6 Supernatural Chemistry

8.7 Killer Chemistry

8.8 The Last Laugh

Season 9 Conspiracy Chemistry

9.1 Conspiracy Chemistry

9.2 Cold Chemistry

9.3 Dangerous Chemistry

9.4 Energy

9.5 Quadruple Bonds

9.6 Sci-fi and Supernatural

9.7 Corporate Chemistry

Season 10 Plot Devices

10.1 Dangerous Chemicals

10.2 Cartoon Environments

10.3 Cartoon Chemical Plot Devices

10.4 Mad Scientists

10.5 Supernatural Science

10.6 Fictional Materials

10.7 Superhero Chemistry

Season 11 Chemistry in Education

11.1 College Chemistry

11.2 Back to School

11.3 Making and Testing Drugs

11.4 True Stories

11.5 Young Chemists

Season 12 Problem Solving

12.1 Chemistry Has All the Solutions

12.2 Forensics and Analysis

12.3 Chemistry in Sci-fi

12.4 Exposing the Truth

12.5 Breaking Bonds

12.6 Drama and Romance

Season 13 Chiral Chemistry

13.1 The Two Faces of Chemistry

13.2 Rise, Fall and Rise Again

13.3 Not Just Chemistry

13.4 Evolution

13.5 Representation

13.6 CONCLUSIONS

Subject Index.

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ISBN:

9781837674367

1837674361

9781837674350

1837674353

OCLC:

1499721255