Death rays and the popular media, 1876-1939 : a study of directed energy weapons in fact, fiction and film /
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| Médium: | Elektronický zdroj E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2015.
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| On-line přístup: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Obsah:
- Part 1. The historical death ray
- An idea is born: harnessing directed energy
- As a weapon, 1876-1918
- The catalyst years, 1919-1924
- The death-ray craze, 1924-1939
- Death rays and their connection to the Second World War
- Part II. The death ray in fiction and popular culture
- Early death-ray novels and short stories
- Death-ray novels and short stories of the interwar years
- Death rays in other media: movies, theater, pulps, radio and humor
- Conclusion.