1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452377703321

Titolo

Alan Ball : conversations / / edited by Thomas Fahy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson : , : University Press of Mississippi, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-62103-973-0

1-61703-877-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 pages)

Collana

Television conversations series

Altri autori (Persone)

FahyThomas Richard

Disciplina

812/.54

B

Soggetti

Television writers - United States

Screenwriters - United States

Dramatists, American - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- American beauty: an interview with Alan Ball / Peter N. Chumo II (2000) -- American beauty screenwriter Alan Ball conducts case study at the IFP/West Screenwriters Conference / Susan Royal (2000) -- Gaywatch: Alan Ball goes Six feet under / Christine Champagne (2001) -- Big mind, small screen: Six feet under's Alan Ball / Jeff Greenwald (2004) -- Alan Ball: Six feet under / Anna Carugati (2004) -- Considering Alan Ball: an interview / Thomas Fahy (2005) -- Fresh air interview with Alan Ball: a Six feet under postmortem / Terry Gross (2005) -- Sexual politics and awakenings in Towelhead / Cynthia Lucia (2008) -- A big messy place: Alan Ball on Towelhead / K. J. Doughton (2008) -- Fresh Air interview with Alan Ball: talking True blood and Towelhead / Terry Gross (2008) -- Life and death, drama and Humor, join hands / Kinney Littlefield (2011) -- Excerpt from interview with Alan Ball: True blood and Beyond / Nancy Harrington (2011) -- Alan Ball in Conversation with Alan Brough / Alan Brough.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975034703321

Autore

Meinesz Alexandre

Titolo

How life began : evolution's three geneses / / Alexandre Meinesz ; translated by Daniel Simberloff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008

ISBN

9786612537509

9781282537507

1282537504

9780226519333

0226519333

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Disciplina

576.8/3

Soggetti

Life - Origin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the French.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-277) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Henri's Cave -- Chapter 2. On the Origin of Life on Earth -- Chapter 3. Papa, What's a Bacterium? -- Chapter 4. The Vampire Slug of the Killer Alga -- Chapter 5. Vermeer and Van Leeuwenhoek -- Chapter 6. The Densimeter -- Chapter 7. The Lego Game -- Chapter 8. Candide, Jurassic Park, andNoah -- Chapter 9. The End of the Evolutionary String -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The origin of life is a hotly debated topic. The Christian Bible states that God created the heavens and the Earth, all in about seven days roughly six thousand years ago. This episode in Genesis departs markedly from scientific theories developed over the last two centuries which hold that life appeared on Earth about 3.5 billion years ago in the form of bacteria, followed by unicellular organisms half a millennia later. It is this version of genesis that Alexandre Meinesz explores in this engaging tale of life's origins and evolution. How Life Began eluci