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It's Alive! The Science of B-Movie Monsters

Submitted by riverhorse on Wed, 08/03/2016 - 15:43
Author: 

Michael LaBarbera

This is a solid piece of science writing masquerading as movie reviews. It is a lot of fun to read, and you'll learn some biomechanics along the way. However, you may never look at movie monsters in quite the same way again.

Favorite Thing: 
The way the author speculates on how the movies' premises could be reconciled with the laws of physics.
It's Alive! book cover
Book Length: 
Shorter
Part of Series: 
Not part of a series
Stand Alone: 
Yes
Stickiness: 
Moderate
Categories: 
Non-Fiction
Science
The Arts

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Disclosures: 
None