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'Philosophy of Science' topic at Wikipedia
browse books at the Science & Math Dept. at Amazon
Movies & Television
Inventors of America Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
 | "TV, Science, and Kids: Teaching Our Children To Question" [1984] Edited by Kim Hayes Essays that discuss television science programs, school science curricula, the public image of scientists, science books, and the economics & politics of television Addison-Wesley 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/1984] out of print/used |
 | "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous?: The Scientist and The Cinema" [2005] by Christopher Frayling Kindle Edition from Reaktion Books [10/2013] for $18.95 {sic} Reaktion Books 9x6 pb [9/2006] out of print/many used Reaktion Books 9x6 hardcover [12/2005] for $15.00 |
 | "Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and The End of The World" [2007] by Sidney Perkowitz {official website} Kindle Edition from Columbia Univ Press [2007 edition] for $12.54 Columbia Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [2/2010] for $19.35 {sic} Columbia Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [12/2007] for $6.75 |
 | "Lab Coats In Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema" [2011] by David A. Kirby This book is not about the on-screen scientist characters, but about the science consultants that have provided technical advice to Hollywood, the goal being scientific accuracy – or at least scientific verisimilitude within the contraints of budget and available technology. Kindle Edition from M.I.T. Press [2/2011] for $18.99 The M.I.T. Press 9x6 pb [2/2013] for $17.43 The M.I.T. Press 9x6 hardcover [2/2011] for $35.00 |
 | "Science On Television: The Narrative of Scientific Documentary" [2011] by Bienvenido León, Translated by Alicia Otano & María López While the book does include 'examples', it is not so much a history as it is a 'how-to' for filmmakers and journalists and students Kindle Edition from Pantaneto Press [7/2011] for $7.99 Pantaneto Press 8x5 pb [7/2011] for $20.70 |
 | "Hollywood Chemistry: When Science Met Entertainment" [2014] Edited by Donna J. Nelson, Kevin R. Grazier, Jaime Paglia & Sidney Perkowitz American Chemical Society 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2014] for $40.94 American Chemical Society 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2014] - overpriced |
entries to be coded here include The Discovery Channel, "Nova", and the old "Mr. Science" TV series;
Bill Nye & Carl Sagan are coded farther down.
"Mr. Wizard"
Don Herbert [1917-2007] created and hosted "Watch Mr. Wizard" (1951-65, 1971-72) and "Mr. Wizard's World" (1983-90).
official website •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
 | "Watch Mr. Wizard" Gift Set, Volumes 1-8 [2013] 32 'hand-picked' episodes from the original 547 half-hour b&w episodes broadcast on the NBC-TV network from 1951 to 1965; another 26 shows were produced in color and shown on NBC-TV and CBC-TV in 1971 to 1972. Mr. Wizard Studios b&w DVD set [2013] 8 disks for $92.95 series credits at IMDb |
 | "Mr. Wizard's World" Gift Set, Volumes 1-10 [2013] Forty episodes out of the original 78 episodes that were shown from 1983 and then repeated over "Nickelodeon" and "Nick At Night" and "The Science Channel" thru at least 2006. Mr. Wizard Studios color DVD set [2013] 10 disks for $132.00 series credits at IMDb |
 | "Microbes and Men" mini-series [BBC-TV Sept 1974] six hour-long episodes detailing the work of Ignac Semmelweis, Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, and Paul Ehrlich Produced by Peter Goodchild; directed by Peter Jones, Simon Langton, John Glenister, Denis Postle; written by Martin Worth, Bruce Norman, John Wiles; narrated by Frank Gillard; starring Arthur Lowe {as Louis Pasteur}, James Grout {as Robert Koch}, Patricia Heneghan, Frank Gatliff, Milo O'Shea {as Paul Ehrlich}, Charles Kay, Antonia Pemberton, Keith Drinkel, Geoffrey Lumsden, Michael Godfrey, Robert Arnold, David Swift, Robert Lang {as Ignac Semmelweis}, David Garfield, Michael Gough, Leonard Maguire, John Normington, Clifford Rose, Vernon Dobtcheff, Michael Griffiths, Wolfe Morris, Geoffrey Toone, John Gill, Richard Kane, Benjamin Whitrow, Jacob Witkin, Donald Eccles, Nigel Lam-bert, Robert Mill, Charles Morgan, Aubrey Richards, Stanley Lebor, Ioan Meredith, David Nettheim, Sandra Payne, Donald Bisset, Cheryl Murray, Michael Poole, Jack Woolgar, Geoffrey Russell, David Troughton, Peter Wickham, Geoffrey Wincott, Ronald Eng, Kristopher Kum, Leon Sinden, Susan Tebbs, Anna Wing, Alan Cullen, Bill Gavin, Elaine Baillie, Stephen MacKenna, Michael Sheard, Nicola Cave, Desmond Perry, Frederick Farley, Anita Finch, Tim Meats, Vanessa Paine, Delia Paton, Margaret Ashcroft, Clive Florentine, Crispin Gillbard, Jerold Wells, Ivor Roberts, Ric Young, Neville Barber, Rosamund Greenwood, Christopher Muncke, Peter Schofield, Steve Gardner, and literally more than 100 uncredited patients, nurses, and students Simply Media Region 2 import color DVD [9/2015] 2 disks for $27.33 in PAL format only full credits at IMDb |
Stageplays, Other Media
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"Doktor Kaboom!" science comedy
 | Four hilarious, educational, and highly interactive stage shows about science, starring David Epley and featuring supercharged (and super safe!) on-stage experiments; topics/titles are: "Live Wire! The Electricity Tour", "Lookout, Science Is Coming!", "It's Just Rocket Science", and "The Science of Santa" • official website |
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 | "The Mad Scientist's Guide To World Domination: Original Short Fiction For The Modern Evil Genius" [2013] Edited by John Joseph Adams, Foreword by Chris Claremont twenty-two great original stories from the pens of bestselling megalomaniacal authors L.A. Banks, Laird Barron, David Farland, Jeffrey Ford, Alan Dean Foster, Diana Gabaldon, Theodora Goss, Austin Grossman, Grady Hendrix, Mary Robinette Kowal, David D. Levine, Heather Lindsley, Marjorie M. Liu, Seanan McGuire, L.E. Modesitt Jr., Naomi Novik, Jeremiah Tolbert, Harry Turtledove, Genevieve Valentine, Carrie Vaughn, Daniel H. Wilson, and Ben H. Winters Kindle Edition from Tor Books/Macmillan [2/2013] for $7.99 Tor Books 9x6 pb [2/2013] for $9.29 Tor Books 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2013] for $25.99 |
 | "The Mad Scientist Megapack: 23 Tales of Scientists, Creatures & Diabolical Experiments!" for Kindle [2014]
Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [9/2014] for 99¢ 23 short stories by John Gregory Betancourt, Hugh B. Cave, Theodore R. Cogswell, Jack Dolphin, Craig Ellis, Leslie J. Furlong, H.B. Fyfe, J.U. Giesy, Edmond Hamilton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, C.J. Henderson, Carl Jacobi (2), Matthew Johnson, Henry J. Kostkos, Edward M. Lerner (2), H.P. Lovecraft, David V. Reed, Ed Earl Repp, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Lawrence Watt-Evans |
![Orbiter Magazine [est. 5/2017] is online](covers2/mOrbiterMag.jpg) | Orbiter Magazine News & Media Website [est. 5/2017]
publishes & promotes ideas about the intersection of science and meaning in partnership with the John Templeton Foundation [est. 1987] magazine website • no entry at Wikipedia |
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 | "The Mad Scientist Caper" episode [aired July 1948] of 'The Adventures of Sam Spade' radio series Radio Spirits original recording CD [1/2007] for 83¢ {sic} Mad scientist Raymond Fox hires detective Spade to recover his secret formula for 'penatron' that was stolen and patented by Albert Grierson and his corporation; includes commercials for sponsor Wildroot Creme Oil • Series produced by William Spier; episode co-written & directed by Gil Dowd; co-written by Bob Tallman; starring Howard Duff & Lurene Tuttle listen to full radio episode [3/2015 upload; 29:43] online at YouTube |
 | "Science On The Air: Popularizers and Personalities On Radio and Early Television" [2008] by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette Kindle Edition from Univ Chicago Press [8/2009] for $26.12 Univ Chicago Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2008] for $27.50 |
Philosophers of Science
some of the individuals here were just working scientists and not philosophers
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"Man and The Universe: The Philosophers of Science" is Volume 4 of "The World's Great Thinkers: Four Volume Set" [1947] Edited by Saxe Commins & Robert N. Linscott descriptions & excerpts of Lucretius, Copernicus, Francis Bacon, Descartes, Comte, Darwin, Bergson, Sigmund Freud, Whitehead, Sir James Jeans, Eddington, Albert Einstein Volume 4: Pocket Books mass pb [1982] out of print/used Volume 4: Pocket Books mass pb [1982] out of print/used |
 | "Mad Scientist Hall of Fame: Muwahahahaha!" [2008] by Daniel H. Wilson & Anna C. Long, Illustrated by Daniel Heard chapters/subjects include real life scientists Madame Curie, Philo T. Farnsworth, Sidney Gottlieb (C.I.A.), Oliver Heaviside, Trofim Lysenko, Dr. Stanley Milgram, Jack Whiteside Parsons, Auguste Piccard, and Nikola Tesla, and fictional characters Dr. Seth Brundle ('The Fly' movie), Prof. Calculus ('Adventures of Tintin' comics), Dr. Evil ('Austin Powers' movies), Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth ('Futurama' TV series), Viktor Frankenstein (Mary Shelley), Dr. Jekyll (Robert Louis Stevenson), Lex Luthor ('Superman' comics), Dr. Moreau (H.G. Wells), Captain Nemo (Jules Verne), and Dr. No ('Agent 007 James Bond') Kindle Edition from Penguin/Random House [8/2008] for $9.99 Citadel Press 8¼x5½ pb [8/2008] for $15.00 |
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the atomic scientists of the Manhattan Project are coded on the Los Alamos, NM & The Manhattan Project Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
with separate pages for physicists Richard P. Feynman [1918-88] and J. Robert Oppenheimer [1904-67]
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naturalist John James Audubon [1785-1851]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Audubon
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Sir Francis Bacon [1561-1626]
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Roger Bacon [1214-94]
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Wilson Alwyn Bentley [1865-1931] of Jericho, Vermont
The first person to photograph a snowflake or 'snow crystal', in 1885; he made 5,000 such photographs over his lifetime.
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
the Caldecott Medal winner in 1999 for the best-illustrated children's book was "Snowflake Bentley"
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David Berlinski
very popular but wrong-headed academic & denier of evolution who lives in Paris, France; also wrote 3 detective novels, 1993-96
browse books •
official website •
Wikipedia
Senior Fellow page at the Discovery Institute Center for Science and Culture {the Intelligent Design hoax}
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
science writer John Brockman Page
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
engineer Vannevar Bush [1890-1974] Page
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
eco-activist Rachel Carson [1907-64] Page
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Copernicus []
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French explorer Jacques Yves Cousteau [1910-97]
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Crick & Watson
On 28 Feb 1953, scientists James D. Watson [b. 1928] and Francis H.C. Crick [1916-2004] announced
that they had identified the double-helix structure of DNA.
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Marie Sklodowska Curie [1867-1934]
the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person and only woman to win twice
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1903
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1911
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
"Romance of Radium" documentary short [1937]
Oscar-nominated short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029497/
"Les Palmes de M. Schutz" [1997] 106 min Biography, Comedy, Drama
humoristic view of the lives of Marie and Pierre Curie and their discoveries around radioactivity.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119855/
"Marie Curie: The Woman Behind The Mind" [2002] 56 min Biography
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1238754/
"Marie Curie, une femme sur le front" TV movie [2014]
A chronicle of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Marie Curie's little known yet invaluable contribution to wounded soldiers' treatment
during World War I, and her professional partnership with radiotherapy pioneer Claudius Regaud.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3584576/
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Charles Darwin [1809-82] Page
Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's Science, Religion & Evolution Page
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physicist Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Page
Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Quotations Page at Working Minds
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physicist Enrico Fermi [1901-54]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi
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philosopher Paul K. Feyerabend [1924-94] Page
'Paul Feyerabend is one of the greatest philosophers of science of the XXth Century'
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physicist Richard P. Feynman [1918-88] Page
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visionary R. Buckminster Fuller [1895-1983] Page
visionary R. Buckminster Fuller [1895-1983] Quotations Page at Working Minds
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Galileo Galilei [1564-1642]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
physicist Stephen W. Hawking [1942-2018] Page
Quantum Physics Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
author Steven Johnson Page
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
physicist Dr. Michio Kaku Page
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Sir Isaac Newton [1643-1727]
Newton's reputation rests on four creative acts: the discovery & definition of gravity; the invention of calculus
(in order to complete the math); the publication of "Principia" [1687]; and the definition of Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
books •
Cambridge Univ. bio page •
Wikipedia
The Newton Project [est. 1998] at University of Sussex, U.K.
William Sanford 'Bill' Nye - 'The TV Science Guy'
best known as the bow-tied host of the P.B.S. children's science show "Bill Nye The Science Guy" [1993–98]
and the Netflix show "Bill Nye Saves The World" [2017–present]
http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Nye/e/B00J8NC8SM/ books
http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&field-keywords=bill+nye
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638557/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye
 | "Undeniable: Evolution and The Science of Creation" [2014] by Bill Nye, Edited by Corey S. Powell Kindle Edition from St. Martin's/Macmillan [11/2014] for $9.99 St. Martin's Griffin 8¼x5½ pb [9/2015] for $13.48 St. Martin's Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [11/2014] for $14.55 |
 | "Unstoppable: Harnessing Science To Change The World" [2015] by Bill Nye, Edited by Corey S. Powell Bill Nye debunks some of the most persistent myths and misunderstandings about global warming, issuing a new challenge to today's generation: to make a cleaner, more efficient, and happier world. When you are done reading this, you'll be enlightened and empowered, and chances are you'll be ready to join Bill and change the world. Kindle Edition from St. Martin's/Macmillan [11/2015] for $9.99 St. Martin's Griffin 8¼x5½ pb [10/2016] for $9.85 St. Martin's Press 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2015] for $14.99 |
 | "Everything All At Once: How To Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap Into Radical Curiosity, and Solve Any Problem" [2017] New York Times bestseller by Bill Nye
Kindle Edition from Rodale Books [7/2017] for $9.11 Rodale Books pb [DUE Nov 2018] for $17.99 Rodale Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [7/2017] for $14.84 |
 | "Bill Nye: Science Guy" [P.B.S. Oct 2017] The famous television personality who struggles to restore science to its rightful place in a world that is hostile to evidence and reason • Co-produced & co-directed by David Alvarado & Jason Sussberg; featuring Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ann Druyan, Heather Berlin, Michael E. Mann, Ken Ham, Joe Bastardi, Francis Collins, Eugenie C. Scott, James White P.B.S. Distrbn widescreen color Blu-ray [DUE April 2018] for $18.55 P.B.S. Distrbn widescreen color DVD [DUE April 2018] for $17.99 credits at IMDb • watch 9/2017 official trailer [2:20] online at YouTube |
"The End is Nye" [streaming on Peacock from Aug 2022] /tt14325620/
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Ms. Neri Oxman {Ackman}
an American-Israeli designer at M.I.T. who made a discovery so cutting edge it spawned an entirely new field
http://mediatedmattergroup.com/ + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neri_Oxman
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Dr. Linus Carl Pauling [1901-94]
awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962
advocate of high-dose vitamin C to prevent/stop colds (which has worked for me for decades)
browse books •
IMDb listing •
official website at OSU •
author/book entry at Wikipedia
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Carl Sagan [1934-96]
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." — Carl Sagan
http://www.amazon.com/Carl-Sagan/e/B000AQ27JQ/
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
visionary Nikola Tesla [1846-1943] Pages
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British polymath Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS [1912-54] Page
"Alan Turing: The Enigma" [Nov 1983] by Andrew Hodges, Foreword by Douglas Hofstadter
http://www.amazon.com/Alan-Turing-Enigma-Inspired-Imitation-ebook/dp/B00M032W92/
http://www.amazon.com/Alan-Turing-Enigma-Inspired-Imitation/dp/069116472X/ Nov 2014
http://www.amazon.com/Alan-Turing-Enigma-Andrew-Hodges/dp/0671492071/
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"The Imitation Game" [StudioCanal/The Weinstein Company Nov 2014] A break-in at his home brings Alan Turing to the attention of the police; the lack of a war record makes them think that Turing might be a Soviet spy, and they begin digging deeper; during an interrogation, Turing relates (via flashback) his secret work on Nazi cyphers at Bletchley Park; the authorities realize that Turing is a homosexual, a serious crime in Britain; a conviction halts his government career, and Turing commits suicide • Directed by Morten Tyldum; co-produced & written by Graham Moore, based on the book by Andrew Hodges; starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, James Northcote, Tom Goodman-Hill, Steven Waddington, Ilan Goodman, Jack Tarlton, Alex Lawther, Jack Bannon & Tuppence Middleton; won Oscar Awards for Best Motion Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor & Best Supporting Actress {KK}; Oscar noms for Best Director, Best Original Music Score, Best Film Editing & Best Production Design; also won A.F.I. Movie of The Year Award, 3 Empire Awards in U.K., GLAAD Media Award, 4 Hollywood Film Awards, USC Scripter Award, W.G.A. Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, plus many film festival awards Anchor Bay widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2015] for $17.49 Anchor Bay widescreen color DVD [3/2015] for $12.96 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia listen to the full soundtrack album [51:05] at YouTube watch official trailers online at YouTube: 7/2014 trailer [2:32] • 9/2014 international trailer [1:48] • 11/2014 trailer [1:06] • 1/2015 trailer [2:16] |
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naturalist Alexander von Humboldt [1769-1859]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt
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mathematician & philosopher Norbert Wiener [1894-1964]
considered the originator of cybernetics, a formalization of the notion of feedback - an important early step toward the development of modern A.I.
Norbert Wiener entry at Wikipedia
Cybernetics entry at Wikipedia
browse the Norbert Wiener Store {returns 20 titles} at Amazon
more info (short bio, books & ebooks, other media, family & friends, links) on
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