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Science of James Bond

Science of James Bond

Paperback

Series: Science of

Film StudiesGeneral ScienceHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 1510743790
ISBN13: 9781510743793
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: Feb 18 2020
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
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:

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