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    Science and Applications

    Gold is used in a wide range of industrial and medical applications and accounts for over 10 percent of the annual demand for metal, worth billions of dollars annually. While much has been written about the mystique and trade of gold, very little has been written about the science and technology in which it is involved. Edited by two respected auth ... Read more

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  • Smart Stardom

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    Series series Routledge Focus on Digital Media and Culture
    Smart Stardom explores how contemporary celebrities are digitally replicated and re-circulated through advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer-generated imagery, real-time rendering, and virtual and augmented media.Discussing how these digital developments produce highly compelling virtual versions of real stars – what the book terms the “smart star” – ... Read more

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  • Fantasy/Animation

    Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres

    Series series AFI Film Readers
    This book examines the relationship that exists between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation. Animation has played a key role in defining our collective expectations and experiences of fantasy cinema, just as fantasy storytelling has often served as inspiration for our most popular animated film and television. Bringing together contributions from world-renowned film and media scholars, ... Read more

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  • Horror

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  • A Theory of Adaptation

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  • Handbook of Engineering and Specialty Thermoplastics, Volume 1

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