The Science of James Bond: The Super-Villains, Tech, and Spy-Craft Behind the Film and Fiction

Mark Brake

Dec 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Alex Wyndham

About this audiobook

From Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, James Bond is the highest-grossing movie franchise of all time. Out-grossing Star Wars, Harry Potter, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the world's most iconic and international secret agent has a shelf life of almost six decades, from Dr. No to Spectre. As nuclear missile threats are replaced by a series of subtler threats in a globalized and digital world, Bond is with us still. In The Science of James Bond, we recognize the Bond franchise as a unique genre: spy-fi. A genre of film and fiction that fuses spy fiction with science fiction. We look at Bond's obsessions with super-villains, the future, and world domination or destruction. And we take a peek under the hood of trends in science and tech, often in the form of gadgets and spy devices in chapters such as: ● Goldfinger: Man Has Achieved Miracles in All Fields but Crime! ● You Only Live Twice: The Race to Conquer Space ● Live and Let Die: Full Throttle: Bond and the Car ● Skyfall: The Science of Cyberterrorism ● And more!

About the author

Mark Brake developed the world's first science and science fiction degree in 1999 and the world's first astrobiology degree in 2005. He's communicated science through film, television, print, and radio on five continents, including for NASA, Seattle's Science Fiction Museum, the BBC, the Royal Institution, and Sky Cinema.

An Oxford University and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate, Alex Wyndham has voiced everything from Apple iPad campaigns to fertilizer instructions. He's also starred in several BBC and HBO shows, including the Emmy Award-winning Little Dorrit and Rome, and in various films.