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Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts, and Supercars: The Fantastic Physics of Film's Most Celebrated Secret Agent Hardcover - 2005

by Barry Parker

James Bond would have died a thousand deaths if not for Q, the genius behind the pen grenades and weaponized sports cars. The author demonstrates how science and technology have been as important to 007 as good looks, shaken martinis, and beautiful women.


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  • Title Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts, and Supercars: The Fantastic Physics of Film's Most Celebrated Secret Agent
  • Author Barry Parker
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date October 18, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780801882487 / 0801882486
  • Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.78 x 5.62 x 0.9 in (22.30 x 14.27 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Bond, James (Fictitious character), Science
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005007782
  • Dewey Decimal Code 600

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Citations

  • Ingram Advance, 11/01/2005, Page 112
  • School Library Journal, 04/01/2006, Page 171
  • Science Books & Films, 01/01/2007, Page 25

About the author

Barry Parker is a professor emeritus of physics at Idaho State University and the author of The Isaac Newton School of Driving, also available from Johns Hopkins.

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