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Informationen zum Autor Mark Griep is a chemistry professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who is searching for new antibiotics and who recently received a College Distinguished Teaching Award. Marjorie Mikasen is a Geometric painter, who recently received an Individual Artist's Fellowship from the Nebraska Arts Council. Her work is in public and private collections. The authors are married and were awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant in the area of Public Understanding of Science to do the research for this book. Klappentext ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies gives a scientist's and artist's response to the dark and bright sides of chemistry found in 140 films, most of them contemporary Hollywood feature films but also from a few others. This book explores the two movie faces of this supposedly neutral science. Zusammenfassung ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies gives a scientist's and artist's response to the dark and bright sides of chemistry found in 140 films, most of them contemporary Hollywood feature films but also from a few others. This book explores the two movie faces of this supposedly neutral science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Dr. Jekyll's Mysterious Transformative Formula 2. Invisibility Steals the Seen: Chemistry Creates Criminal Opportunities 3. Isomorphs of Paranoia: Chemical Arsenals 4. Bad Company: The Business of Toxicity 5. A Master/Slave Narrative: Drug Addiction and Psychoactives 6. Inventors and their Often Wacky Chemical Inventions 7. Hard Science = Hard Evidence: Forensic Chemistry and Chemical Detectives 8. Chem 101: Learning by Doing 9. Good News: Research and Medicinal Chemists Making a Difference 10. First, Do No Harm (but Before that Self-Experiment Conclusion: Chemistry in the Movies Appendix 1 Appendix 2 References Index

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• Authors: Mark A./ Mason Greip, Mark A. Griep, Mark A. (Associate Professor of Chemistry Griep, Griep Mark A., Marjorie L. Mikasen, Marjorie L. (Fine Artist) Mikasen, Mikasen Marjorie L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2009
• EAN: 9780195326925
• ISBN: 978-0-19-532692-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 243 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Chemie, Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Science, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Analytic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Analytical Chemistry