Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and the End of the World

Sidney Perkowitz

Paper, 272 pages, 40 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14281-6
$18.95 / £12.95

November, 2007
Cloth, 272 pages, 40 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14280-9
$24.95 / £16.95

Preface: A Personal Note

Introduction

1. Looking for Science in the Movies? Check Out Science Fiction Films First

Part I. Dangers from Nature

2. Alien Encounters

3. Devastating Collisions

4. Our Violent Planet

Part II. Dangers from Ourselves

5. Atoms Unleashed

6. Genes and Germs Gone Bad

7. The Computers Take Over

Part III. The Good, the Bad, and the Real

8. Scientists as Heroes, Nerds, and Villains

9. Solid Science and Quantum Loopiness: Golden Eagles and Golden Turkeys

10. Hollywood Science vs. Real Science

Afterword: Finding Real Science in the Movies and Beyond

Appendix: Alongside Hollywood Science, There’s Popcorn Science

Further Reading and Viewing

Filmography

Acknowledgments

Index

Related Subjects

• Film
• General Science

About the Author

Educated as a physicist, Sidney Perkowitz has produced dozens of research papers and books, along with four popular science books, works for stage and screen, and numerous magazine articles. Hollywood Science combines his science background with his love of movies. Born in New York, he lives in Atlanta and is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Physics at Emory University. He's happy to hear from readers at www.sidneyperkowitz.net.

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