The Science of James Bond: The Super-Villains, Tech, and Spy-Craft Behind the Film and Fiction

Spy-Fi Culture with a License to Kill From Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, James Bond is the...
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Author: Mark Brake
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The Science of James Bond: The Super-Villains, Tech, and Spy-Craft Behind the Film and Fiction by Brake, Mark

The Science of James Bond: The Super-Villains, Tech, and Spy-Craft Behind the Film and Fiction

$209.68

The Science of James Bond: The Super-Villains, Tech, and Spy-Craft Behind the Film and Fiction

$209.68
Author: Mark Brake
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Spy-Fi Culture with a License to Kill

From Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, James Bond is the highest-grossing movie franchise of all time. Out-grossing Star Wars, Harry Potter, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the world's most iconic and international secret agent has a shelf life of almost six decades, from Dr. No to Spectre. As nuclear missile threats are replaced by a series of subtler threats in a globalized and digital world, Bond is with us still.

In The Science of James Bond, we recognize the Bond franchise as a unique genre: spy-fi. A genre of film and fiction that fuses spy fiction with science fiction. We look at Bond's obsessions with super-villains, the future, and world domination or destruction. And we take a peek under the hood of trends in science and tech, often in the form of gadgets and spy devices in chapters such as:
  • Goldfinger: Man Has Achieved Miracles in All Fields but Crime
  • You Only Live Twice: The Race to Conquer Space
  • Live and Let Die: Full Throttle: Bond and the Car
  • Skyfall: The Science of Cyberterrorism
  • And more

This is the only James Bond companion that looks at the film and fiction in such a spy-fi way, taking in weapon wizards, the chemistry of death, threads of nuclear paranoia, and Bond baddies' obsession with the master race

Author: Mark Brake
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 02/18/2020
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781510743793

About the Author
Mark Brake developed the world's first science and science fiction degree in 1999 and launched the world's first astrobiology degree in 2005. He's communicated science through film, television, print, and radio on five continents, including for NASA, Seattle's Science Fiction Museum, the BBC, the Royal Institution, and Sky Movies.

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