Bøger af Tom Johnson

The Combined Genealogy of Thomas and Lavater Jacobs Johnson

Examines how and why horror films were censored or banned in the United Kingdom, and the part these actions played in ending Hollywood's golden age of horror.

Galileo Galilei said he was "e;reading the book of nature"e; as he observed pendulums swinging, but he might also simply have tried to draw the numbers themselves as they fall into networks of permutations or form loops that synchronize at different speeds, or attach themselves to balls passing in and out of the hands of good jugglers. Numbers are, after all, a part of nature. As such, looking at and thinking about them is a way of understanding our relationship to nature. But when we do so in a technical, professional way, we tend to overlook their basic attributes, the things we can understand by simply "e;looking at numbers."e; Tom Johnson is a composer who uses logic and mathematical models, such as combinatorics of numbers, in his music. The patterns he finds while "e;looking at numbers"e; can also be explored in drawings. This book focuses on such drawings, their beauty and their mathematical meaning. The accompanying comments were written in collaboration with the mathematician Franck Jedrzejewski.

Though best known for its horror films, Hammer produced a wide variety of movies in many genres. This is the definitive work on Hammer's 165 films. Complete filmographic data are provided for each film, including release dates, running time, length, distributor, complete cast and production credits, and alternate titles. An extensive plot synopsis, including contemporary critical commentary and behind-the-scenes information from many of the players and crew members, is also included.