Arts, Culture & Media
Studio 360
November 28, 2008
Samantha Hunt describes the turning point in Tesla's life when he began acting like a mad scientist, almost taking a page from the movies. And biologist Vincent Pieribone thinks that Hollywood's most dangerous fantasy about ?mad scientists? is that scientists have any power at all.
Arts, Culture & Media
Mr. Spock and Dr. Strangelove
Studio 360
November 28, 2008
Samantha Hunt describes the turning point in Tesla's life when he began acting like a mad scientist, almost taking a page from the movies. And biologist Vincent Pieribone thinks that Hollywood's most dangerous fantasy about ?mad scientists? is that scientists have any power at all.
Arts, Culture & Media
Parenting Lessons from Atticus
Studio 360
July 09, 2010
Arts, Culture & Media
Mr. Spock and Dr. Strangelove
Studio 360
January 27, 2012
Biologist Vincent Pieribone traces how scientists have been portrayed on screen – from Dr. Strangelove to Independence Day. Pieribone thinks that Hollywood's most dangerous fantasy about "mad scientists" is that scientists have any power at all.
Arts, Culture & Media
Thirteen books that changed America
Bob Edwards Weekend
January 07, 2009
Writer and book critic Jay Parini scanned American bookshelves and identified the seminal works in the birth and growth of the nation.