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Hollywood Wants to Kill You

The Peculiar Science of Death in the Movies

Michael Brooks , Rick Edwards
Investigating the plausibility of movie disaster plots, this popular science book's opening chapter analyses the film Contagion and the possibility of a bat virus jumping species, causing a world pandemic. Other threats explored are nuclear war (Dr Strangelove), climate change (Geostorm) and infertility (Children of Men).
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Product information:
  • Publisher: Atlantic
  • Year: 2019
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 288pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 208x146mm
  • ISBN: 9781786496928
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.5kg
Product code:
514575
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