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PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN-100836282892
ISBN-139780836282894
eBay Product ID (ePID)649145
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Book TitleEbert's Bigger Little Movie Glossary : A Greatly Expanded and Much Improved Compendium of Movie Cliches, Stereotypes, Obligatory Scenes, Hackneyed Formulas, Shopworn Conventions, and Outdated Archetypes
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year1999
GenrePerforming Arts
AuthorRoger Ebert
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length7.1 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-011008
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal791.43/02/07
SynopsisWhat escaped at Three Mile Island was not only radiation, but, more importantly for the nuclear power industry, public confidence in technology and technocracy," report Cantelon and Williams in their detailed account of the response of the Department of Energy to America's worst civilian nuclear power accident. What happened at Three Mile Island was a technological failure of monstrous proportions. Yet," the authors contend, the serious extent of the accident was caused by human error: technocrats blundered, lost control of technology, and, refusing to admit it, gave confusing, inconsistent, and jargon-laden explanations." There was a welter of information and misinformation. To sift out the truth that would enable them to write the history of this contemporary event, Cantelon and Williams relied on unpublished archival materials—including logs of scientists and government officials—on oral interviews with participants, and on reports of other government agencies. The result is a significant history, one that shows how scientists and politicians responded to the unbelievable and unexpected as they tried to deal with a highly technical event in the glare of television lights and under the inquisitive and fearful eyes of the public. The danger was never real, yet for the nation and certainly for the immediate community around Three Mile Island, risk perceived was risk endured. Many of the residents of what became a war zone" will never be the same, though radiation never touched them. Imagination and unconscious fears were far more important than any accurate perception of risk after a Nuclear Regulatory Commission official used the term meltdown at a Friday afternoon news conference.
LC Classification NumberPN1994.9.E19 1999
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- 22. Aug. 2024
Big screen comedy at its best
Enjoy a good laugh as Ebert and colleagues take to task all the timeworn Hollywood tropes that you've seen so often, you hardly notice them anymore. You'll also see plenty of examples of how screenwriters and producers are out of touch with reality, having characters do things no live human would ever do and putting them in situations that can't possibly exist.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
