{"product_id":"reaction-mark-a-griep-9780195326925","title":"ReAction!: Chemistry in the Movies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReAction!\u003c\/em\u003e gives a scientist's and artist's response to the dark and bright sides of chemistry found in 140 films, most of them contemporary Hollywood feature films but also a few documentaries, shorts, silents, and international films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven though there are some examples of screen chemistry between the actors and of behind-the-scenes special effects, this book is really about the chemistry when it is part of the narrative. It is about the dualities of Dr. Jekyll vs. inventor chemists, the invisible man vs. forensic chemists, chemical weapons vs. classroom chemistry, chemical companies that knowingly pollute the environment vs. altruistic research chemists trying to make the world a better place to live, and, finally, about people who choose to experiment with mind-altering drugs vs. the drug discovery process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle did Jekyll know when he brought the Hyde formula to his lips that his personality split would provide the central metaphor that would come to describe chemistry in the movies. This book explores the two movie faces of this supposedly neutral science. Watching films with chemical eyes, Dr. Jekyll is recast as a chemist engaged in psychopharmaceutical research but who becomes addicted to his own formula. He is balanced by the often wacky inventor chemists who make their discoveries by trial-and-error.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark A. Griep,Marjorie L. Mikasen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019532692X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195326925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d","brand":"Mark A. Griep","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579562541311,"sku":"9780195326925","price":94.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe0e4a73-0698-4fd3-bc11-5b635bca7981.jpg?v=1763875059","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reaction-mark-a-griep-9780195326925","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}