Hollyweird Science The Next Generati..., Kevin R. Grazier
Hollyweird Science The Next Generati..., Kevin R. Grazier
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Hollyweird Science: The Next Generation
From Spaceships to Microchips

Author: Kevin R. Grazier, Stephen Cass, Zack Stentz

Narrator: John Lescault

Unabridged: 16 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, Science


Synopsis

Informative, entertaining, and upbeat, this audiobook continues Grazier’s and Cass’s exploration of how technology, science, and scientists are portrayed in Hollywood productions. Both big and small-screen productions are featured and their science content illuminated—first by the authors and subsequently by a range of experts from science and the film world. Starring roles in this volume are played by, among other things, computers (human and mechanical), artificial intelligences, robots, and spacecraft. Interviews with writers, producers, and directors of acclaimed science-themed films stand side by side with the perspectives of scientists, science fiction authors, and science advisors. The result is a stimulating and informative listening experience for the layperson and professional scientist or engineer alike.The audiobook begins with a foreword by Zack Stentz, who cowrote X-Men: First Class and Thor, and was a writer/producer on CW’s The Flash.

About Kevin R. Grazier

Kevin R. Grazier, PhD is currently a professor of computer science at the United States Military Academy. Prior to West Point, Grazier was a research scientist for fifteen years at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working on the Cassini/Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan. Still an active researcher, he performs large-scale computer simulations of early Solar System dynamics and evolution. Grazier served as the science advisor for the features Gravity and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, as well as for the television series Eureka, Defiance, and the Peabody Award–winning Battlestar Galactica.

About Stephen Cass

Stephen Cass is an Irish science and technology journalist based in New York City. He has been an editor at Discover magazine and MIT Technology Review, and has written for outlets such as Popular Science and Nautilus. He has also edited several science fiction anthologies. He is currently geeking it to the max as a senior editor at IEEE Spectrum.

About John Lescault

Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on February 25, 2023

"Hollyweird Science: The Next Generation: From Spaceships to Microchips" is a fascinating book by Kevin R Grazier that explores the intersection of science and entertainment in popular culture. Grazier is a renowned planetary scientist who has worked as a science advisor for various television shows......more