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From sci-fi to documentaries, from thrillers to cartoons, from B-movies to the masterpieces of cinema: alterning facts (more than 200 sheets on films and fiction for TV) and thought provoking guides to the vision, this book casts a light on a vast cultural phenomenon: cinema and TV reflect or determine the public perception of science, but science itself influences and inspires great directors.

Preface; Archetypes: the public imagery of scientist; More than 200 sheets on films and fiction for TV: 2001, A space odissey, Artificial Intelligence, A beautiful mind, Blade runner, Contact, Copenhagen, CSI, The day after tomorrow, Dr. Strangelove, Inherit the wind, The elephant man, Gorillas in the mist, Jurassic Park, Matrix, Metropolis, Microcosmos, The fly, Le peuple migrateur, Deep blue, Back to the future, The secret of Nikola Tesla, Star Trek, Fermat's last theorem, Journey o the centre of the Earth...

Matteo Merzagora lives in Paris. He is a science writer on journals and radio (Rai, Radio24, Il Sole 24Ore, Science et vie), and collaborates with La Cité des Sciences, Paris. From 1996 till 2001 he was among the organisers of the festival “Watching Science” and, in 2003, of the international festival Images et Science, Paris.