Science Dictionary

Science Dictionary
Author: Seymour Simon
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0486488659

More than two thousand entries, in subjects from astronomy to zoology, are accompanied by tables and charts, as well as biographies of eighty-five scientists.

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema
Author: M. Keith Booker
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 543
Release: 2020-06-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1538130106

In the years since Georges Méliès’s Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) was released in 1902, more than 1000 science fiction films have been made by filmmakers around the world. The versatility of science fiction cinema has allowed it to expand into a variety of different markets, appealing to age groups from small children to adults. The technical advances in filmmaking technology have enabled a new sophistication in visual effects. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, films, companies, techniques, themes, and subgenres. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about science fiction cinema.