Films of fact : a history of science in documentary films and television / Timothy Boon.
Pubblicazione:
London : Wallflower press, 2008.
Descrizione fisica:
x, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Note:
"Written to mark the centenary of Paul Rotha, documentarist (1907-1984)": front
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction. 1. Science, nature and filmmaking 2. Technology, science and modernity: the world of documentary 3. Documentaries and the social relations of science 4. Science, films and war 5. The fate of documentary science film genres since 1945 6. The growth of television and the representation of science 7. Television science genres 1955-65. Coda: The fate of genres in television science since 1965. Notes. Bibliography. Index