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Title

Fantastic voyages : learning science through science fiction films / Leroy W. Dubeck, Suzanne E. Moshier, Judith E. Boss.

Author

Dubeck, Leroy W., 1939-

Publication

New York : American Institute of Physics, ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Moshier, Suzanne E.
• Boss, Judith E.

Description

xiv, 327 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Reveals the facts behind the fiction, establishing a novel approach to teaching science.

Subject

• Physics > Study and teaching > Audio-visual aids
• Biology > Study and teaching > Audio-visual aids
• Science fiction films
• Audio-visual materials
• Physics > education
• Biology > education
• Audiovisual Aids
• audiovisual materials
• Audio-visual materials
• Biology > Study and teaching > Audio-visual aids
• Physics > Study and teaching > Audio-visual aids
• Science fiction films
• Science fiction-films
• Toepassingen
• Films de science-fiction
• Physique > Étude et enseignement > Méthodes audiovisuelles
• Biologie > Étude et enseignement > Méthodes audiovisuelles

Genre/Form

• Science fiction films.
• Science fiction films
• Films de science-fiction.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ch. 1 Science (starting p. 3) -- A Brief History of Science (starting p. 3) -- Science, Religion, and Technology (starting p. 4) -- The Scientific Method (starting p. 4) -- Science and the Media (starting p. 5) -- The Andromeda Strain (starting p. 5) -- Measurement and Uncertainty (starting p. 5) -- Scientific Notation (starting p. 6) -- Units and Standards (starting p. 7) -- Changing Units (starting p. 8) -- Ch. 2 Mechanics (starting p. 11) -- Speed and Velocity (starting p. 11) -- Frame of Reference (starting p. 12) -- Acceleration (starting p. 13) -- Newton's Laws of Motion (starting p. 14) -- Momentum (starting p. 18) -- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (starting p. 18) -- Superman (starting p. 20) -- 2010 (starting p. 21) -- Energy (starting p. 22) -- Forbidden Planet (starting p. 24) -- The Empire Strikes Back (starting p. 25) -- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (starting p. 26) -- Rotational Motion (starting p. 27) -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (starting p. 30) -- 2010 (starting p. 31) -- Gravity (starting p. 31) -- The Black Hole (starting p. 33) -- Satellite Motion (starting p. 34) -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (starting p. 36) -- Aliens (starting p. 36) -- Ch. 3 Astronomy (starting p. 39) -- The Solar System: The Planets (starting p. 39) -- The Sun (starting p. 41) -- The Moon (starting p. 42) -- 2010 (starting p. 44) -- Total Recall (starting p. 45) -- Aliens (starting p. 45) -- Meteors and Comets (starting p. 45) -- Meteor (starting p. 47) -- The Galaxy and the Universe (starting p. 47) -- The Black Hole (starting p. 49) -- The Evolution of the Universe (starting p. 49) -- Intelligent Life Elsewhere (starting p. 50) -- Star Trek IV (starting p. 53) -- Ancient Astronauts (starting p. 54) -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (starting p. 56) -- Hangar 18 (starting p. 56) -- Ch. 4 Electricity and Magnetism (starting p. 59) -- Electrical Forces (starting p. 59) -- Electrical Charges (starting p. 61) -- Electric Currents (starting p. 63) -- Electric Power (starting p. 65) -- The Day the Earth Stood Still (starting p. 66) -- Magnetism (starting p. 66) -- Computers (starting p. 70) -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (starting p. 71) -- Colossus: The Forbin Project (starting p. 72) -- Terminator 2: Judgement Day (starting p. 72) -- Blade Runner (starting p. 72) -- Ch. 5 Atomic and Nuclear Physics (starting p. 75) -- The Atom (starting p. 75) -- Antimatter (starting p. 75) -- Atomic Spectra (starting p. 76) -- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (starting p. 78) -- The Fly (1986 Version) (starting p. 80) -- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (starting p. 80) -- Terminator 2: Judgement Day (starting p. 80) -- The Nucleus (starting p. 80) -- Effects of Radiation (starting p. 83) -- Radiation Detectors (starting p. 84) -- Nuclear Fission and Fusion (starting p. 85) -- Forbidden Planet (starting p. 87) -- Aliens (starting p. 88) -- Elementary Particles (starting p. 88) -- Fantastic Voyage (starting p. 89) -- Outer Limits: "The Production and Decay of Strange Particles" (starting p. 89) -- Ch. 6 Relativity and Time (starting p. 93) -- Time Dilation (starting p. 95) -- Time Travel (starting p. 97) -- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (starting p. 98) -- Superman: The Movie (starting p. 98) -- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (starting p. 98) -- The Time Machine (starting p. 99) -- Length Contraction (starting p. 99) -- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (starting p. 99) -- Increase of Mass with Speed (starting p. 100) -- Mass-Energy Transformation (starting p. 100) -- General Theory of Relativity (starting p. 101) -- Gravity and Time (starting p. 102) -- The Black Hole (starting p. 103) -- Ch. 7 The States of Matter (starting p. 105) -- The Solid State (starting p. 105) -- Star Trek: "Arena" (starting p. 105) -- Density (starting p. 105) -- Size, Mass, and Strength (starting p. 107) -- Them! (starting p. 107) -- The Liquid State (starting p. 107) -- Pressure (starting p. 108) -- The Abyss (starting p. 109) -- Buoyancy (starting p. 109) -- Pascal's Principle (starting p. 111) -- Gases: Atmospheric Pressure (starting p. 111) -- The Gaseous State (starting p. 114) -- Equation of Continuity (starting p. 114) -- Bernoulli's Principle (starting p. 115) -- Star Wars (starting p. 117) -- Blade Runner (starting p. 117) -- Diffusion (starting p. 117) -- Them! (starting p. 117) -- Ch. 8 Heat, Temperature, and Thermodynamics (starting p. 121) -- Temperature (starting p. 121) -- Thermal Expansion (starting p. 122) -- Heat (starting p. 124) -- Specific Heat (starting p. 124) -- Heat Transfer (starting p. 124) -- Silent Running (starting p. 125) -- The Empire Strikes Back (starting p. 125) -- Phase 4 (starting p. 126) -- 2010 (starting p. 126) -- Change of State (starting p. 126) -- Them! (starting p. 127) -- The Thing (1951 Version) (starting p. 127) -- Thermodynamics (starting p. 128) -- First Law of Thermodynamics (starting p. 128) -- Second Law of Thermodynamics (starting p. 129) -- Zardoz (starting p. 131) -- Ch. 9 Wave Motion and Sound (starting p. 133) -- Waves (starting p. 133) -- Wave Speed (starting p. 133) -- Transverse Waves (starting p. 134) -- Longitudinal Waves (starting p. 134) -- Interference (starting p. 134) -- The Doppler Effect (starting p. 135) -- Sound (starting p. 136) -- Superman (starting p. 136) -- Speed of Sound (starting p. 136) -- The Abyss (starting p. 137) -- The Day of the Triffids (starting p. 137) -- Resonance (starting p. 138) -- Loudness (starting p. 138) -- Shock Waves and the Sonic Boom (starting p. 138) -- The Day the Earth Stood Still (starting p. 139) -- The Electromagnetic Spectrum (starting p. 139) -- The Day of the Triffids (starting p. 140) -- Light (starting p. 140) -- Polarization (starting p. 142) -- Holography (starting p. 144) -- Star Wars (starting p. 144) -- Total Recall (starting p. 144) -- Ch. 10 Characteristics of Living Things (starting p. 149) -- The Cell Theory (starting p. 151) -- Cell Structure and Function (starting p. 151) -- Selected Organelles and Their Functions (starting p. 152) -- Cell Size (starting p. 157) -- Organisms (starting p. 158) -- Kingdoms of Organisms (starting p. 158) -- The Andromeda Strain (starting p. 161) -- Ch. 11 Cellular Reproduction (starting p. 165) -- Diploid and Haploid Cells (starting p. 166) -- Fertilization and Meiosis (starting p. 166) -- Development (starting p. 167) -- Genes (starting p. 167) -- Mutations and Them! (starting p. 169) -- Ch. 12 The Energy Needs of Living Things (starting p. 173) -- Work Requires Energy (starting p. 173) -- Organization Requires Energy (starting p. 173) -- Enzymes and Pathways (starting p. 174) -- Adenosine Triphosphate (starting p. 175) -- Hydrogen and Electron Carrier Molecules (starting p. 175) -- Photosynthesis (starting p. 176) -- Glycolysis (starting p. 177) -- Mitochondrial Pathways (starting p. 177) -- Silent Running (starting p. 178) -- Ch. 13 Plants and Animals Compared (starting p. 183) -- Differentiation (starting p. 183) -- Tissues of Animals (starting p. 183) -- Organs of Animals (starting p. 184) -- Organ Systems in Animals (starting p. 185) -- From Organs to Tissues in Plants (starting p. 185) -- The Day of the Triffids (starting p. 189) -- Ch. 14 Multicellularity and Immunity (starting p. 193) -- Multicellularity (starting p. 193) -- Cell Adhesion Molecules (starting p. 193) -- Histocompatibility (starting p. 194) -- Immunity (starting p. 195) -- Fantastic Voyage (starting p. 197) -- Ch. 15 Evolution (starting p. 201) -- Environments and Prevailing Organisms Change (starting p. 201) -- Natural Selection by Survival of the Fittest (starting p.
• 202) -- Adaptation and Speciation (starting p. 204) -- Homologies, Development, and Vestigial Structures (starting p. 206) -- Planet of the Apes (starting p. 209) -- Films with Literary Commentary (starting p. 215) -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (starting p. 215) -- 2010: The Year We Make Contact (starting p. 221) -- The Andromeda Strain (starting p. 226) -- Blade Runner (starting p. 233) -- Colossus: The Forbin Project (starting p. 238) -- The Day of the Triffids (starting p. 242) -- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (starting p. 245) -- The Day the Earth Stood Still (starting p. 249) -- Fantastic Voyage (starting p. 253) -- Forbidden Planet (starting p. 258) -- Hangar 18 (starting p. 262) -- Them! (starting p. 265) -- The Thing (1951 version) (starting p. 270) -- The Time Machine (starting p. 275) -- Total Recall (starting p. 280) -- Films without Literary Commentary (starting p. 285) -- The Abyss (starting p. 285) -- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (starting p. 288) -- Aliens (starting p. 289) -- Star Trek: "Arena" (starting p. 292) -- The Black Hole (starting p. 293) -- The Empire Strikes Back (starting p. 295) -- The Fly (1986 Version) (starting p. 297) -- Meteor (starting p. 299) -- Phase IV (starting p. 300) -- Planet of the Apes (starting p. 301) -- The Production and Decay of Strange Particles (The Outer Limits) (starting p. 304) -- Silent Running (starting p. 306) -- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (starting p. 308) -- Star Wars (starting p. 310) -- Superman (starting p. 312) -- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (starting p. 315) -- Zardoz (starting p. 317) -- Index (starting p. 321)

ISBN

• 1563961954
• 9781563961953

LCCN

93010039

OCLC

• ocm27768536
• 27768536
• SCSB-1998519

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library