Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood
Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood

Author: Nathan Platte

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0199371113

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This book tells the fascinating story of the evolution of David O. Selznick's style through the many artists whose work defined Hollywood sound.

Routledge Revivals: John Phillips and the Business of Victorian Science (2005)
Routledge Revivals: John Phillips and the Business of Victorian Science (2005)

Author: Jack Morrell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1315445069

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First published in 2005, this book represents the first full length biography of John Phillips, one of the most remarkable and important scientists of the Victorian period. Adopting a broad chronological approach, this book not only traces the development of Phillips’ career but clarifies and highlights his role within Victorian culture, shedding light on many wider themes. It explores how Phillips’ love of science was inseparable from his need to earn a living and develop a career which could sustain him. Hence questions of power, authority, reputation and patronage were central to Phillips’ career and scientific work. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources and a rich body of recent writings on Victorian science, this biography brings together his personal story with the scientific theories and developments of the day, and fixes them firmly within the context of wider society.

Origin of Chirality in the Molecules of Life
Origin of Chirality in the Molecules of Life

Author: Albert Guijarro

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Published: 2022-06-10

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1839163690

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This book provides an interdisciplinary review of one of the great unsolved mysteries that has fascinated scientists for over 150 years: the origin of chirality in biomolecules. Current advances in fields as diverse as space exploration, prebiotic chemistry and high-energy physics may help to provide an answer. Important pieces of information will come from observations at the two frontiers of science: outer space and the subatomic world. Observation of distant planets, galaxies, and even actual sampling of celestial objects from beyond the solar system are projects currently underway. At the other end of the spectrum, there are experiments that study the elemental properties of matter, such as symmetry, and interactions with the fundamental forces. Completely revised and updated this new edition once again unifies all the theories of the origin of biomolecular homochirality together in a single source. This complete, interdisciplinary review of an intriguing subject condenses a large and disparate range of contributions from journals in almost every scientific field. The various theories have been organized, interrelated and explained in a unified way. It is fundamental, comprehensive and structured to be accessible for educational purposes.