Science in popular culture
Subtitle: a reference guide
By: A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher: Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780313077357
Subjects: Science in popular culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-302) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. Available via the World Wide Web. Access is limited to subscribers of ebooks.greenwood.com.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Science in Popular Culture 1; title: Acceleration 3; title: Action and Reaction, Law of 5; title: Alternate Worlds 7; title: Androids 10; title: Atomic Energy 13; title: Chimpanzees 18; title: Cloning 21; title: Comets 27; title: Computers 30; title: Cryonics 35; title: Cyborgs 38; title: Darwin, Charles 41; title: Death Rays 45; title: Dinosaurs 48; title: Dolphins 53; title: Dreams 56; title: Earthquakes 59; title: Eclipses 63; title: Einstein, Albert 66; title: Electricity 69; title: Elephants 73; title: Epidemics 76; title: Evolution 80; title: Evolution, Convergent 84; title: Evolution, Human 87; title: Experiments 91; title: Experiments on Self 95; title: Extinction 98; title: Flying Cars 101; title: Food Pills 104; title: Franklin, Benjamin 107; title: Galileo 111; title: Genes 115; title: Genetic Engineering 119; title: Gorillas 123; title: Gravity 126; title: Houses, Smart 132; title: Ideas, Resistance to 135; title: Inertia 139; title: Insects 141; title: Insects, Giant 147; title: Intelligence, Animal 150; title: Intelligence, Artificial 153; title: Intelligence, Human 156; title: Life, Extraterrestrial 161; title: Life, Origin of 166; title: Lightning 169; title: Longevity 173; title: Magnetism 176; title: Mars 179; title: Matter Transmission 183; title: Meteorites 186; title: Mind Control 190; title: Miniaturization 193; title: Miracle Drugs 196; title: Moon 199; title: Mutations 203; title: Newton, Isaac 206; title: Organ Transplants 210; title: Prehistoric Humans 213; title: Prehistoric Time 217; title: Psychic Powers 220; title: Race 223; title: Radiation 229; title: Relativity 232; title: Religion and Science 235; title: Reproduction 239; title: Robots 242; title: Scientific Theories 248; title: Sharks 252; title: Space Travel, Interplanetary 256; title: Space Travel, Interstellar 262; title: Speed of Light 268; title: Speed of Sound 271; title: Superhumans 274; title: Time Travel 279; title: UFOs 284; title: Vacuum 287; title: Venus 290; title: Volcanoes 294; title: Whales 298.