David Siegel Bernstein

Rating of 1.9. Discussion of a movie's scientific accuracy has become a cottage industry. It is present in written reviews, YouTube videos, books, etc. It is a topic with numerous paths to follow in discussing the topic. Now comes the latest edition to the pile of reading material. "Blockbuster Science" could have been an excellent book with some organization, good illustrations, and the deft hand of a good editor. Unfortunately, the reader is presented with a mishmash of ideas, movie titles, and few high quality illustrations. As with most popular science books, a lack of well done illustrations and graphs causes the book to fall flat in presenting the majority of science ideas presented in a SciFi movie. The descriptions are not fleshed out. A good reading list would have been handy as well There are good books available on this topic. Sadly, this one is not on the list.

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