Table of Contents

Foreword .......................................................................................................................... xi
Preface ............................................................................................................................. xv
Science Reaches the Screen
1. "Creation": When Art and Science Collide .......................................................... 3
Natalia Reagan and Jon Amiel
2. Science Fictions and Fictional Science: A Brief Tour of Science in the Star
Trek Universe .......................................................................................................... 17
Andre Bormanis
3. A Gram of Prevention Is Worth a Kilogram of Cure: Teaching Writers
Science ..................................................................................................................... 25
Michael S. Brotherton
4. How The Universe Is Made .................................................................................... 35
Colin Campbell
5. Narrative Alchemy: From Vision to Visual ......................................................... 47
Alexis R. Gambis
6. The Science Advisor's Journey ............................................................................. 57
Kevin R. Grazier
7. Consonance and Dissonance: The Art and Science of Film Music ................... 79
Bear McCreary, Meghen Miles, and Kevin R. Grazier
8. The Science & Entertainment Exchange: The National Academy of
Sciences Goes to Hollywood .................................................................................. 97
Ann G. Merchant
9. Making the Science of TV Meth Crystal Clear .................................................. 111
Donna J. Nelson and Melodie R. Lettkeman
10. Getting the Science Right: Tales from the Eureka Writers' Room ................. 123
J. Paglia
Science Reaches the Public
11. Visions of the Past ................................................................................................ 133
Stephen Cass
12. Constructing Crimes: How the CSI Effect Is Created ..................................... 145
Stephen Cass, Kevin R. Grazier, Bradley Thompson, and Corinne Marrinan
13. Cosmic Catastrophes in Movies .......................................................................... 153
Joshua Colwell
14. Solving for x When x Is the Audience: A Case Study within Fan Culture ..... 163
Carrie J. Cole
15. The Chemist as Anti-Hero: Walter White and Sherlock Holmes as Case
Studies ................................................................................................................... 175
Declan Fahy
16. Using the Space Program from Mercury to Apollo as Portrayed in the
Movies The Right Stuff and Apollo 13 and in the Mini-Series From the Earth
to the Moon as a Teaching Tool ........................................................................... 189
James G. Goll
17. Using Movie Clips To Teach Chemistry Formally and Informally ................. 199
Mark A. Griep and Marjorie L. Mikasen
18. The Materials Science of Marvel's The Avengers--Some Assembly
Required ................................................................................................................ 215
James Kakalios
19. Censoring Science in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood Cinema .............................. 229
David A. Kirby
20. Entertainment Media Portrayals and Their Effects on the Public
Understanding of Science .................................................................................... 241
Matthew C. Nisbet and Anthony Dudo
21. The Character of Science on Television ............................................................. 251
Thomas Parham and Jovana J. Grbic
22. Hollywood Science: Good for Hollywood, Bad for Science? ........................... 263
Sidney Perkowitz
23. Hollywood Aliens ................................................................................................. 279
Seth Shostak
24. Beyond Teaching and Learning: Bringing Together Science and Society
with and through Movies ..................................................................................... 289
Erik Stengler
25. How Hollywood Inspires the Exploration of Space .......................................... 299
Randii R. Wessen
Editors' Biographies .................................................................................................... 313
Indexes
Author Index ................................................................................................................ 317
Subject Index ................................................................................................................ 319

About the Author

Donna J. Nelson is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma. Kevin R. Grazier is a Science Advisor for the SyFy Channel and Turner Network Television. Jaime Paglia is a Co-Creator and Writer of Syfy Channel's Eureka. Sidney Perkowitz is affiliated with Emory University.