In this volume scientists from different disciplines present their experience and their scientific work in progress. These concern the properties of a series of stones that have been used for the erection of some of the most important stone monuments of international cultural heritage and are also used today for substitution of missing parts or completion of damaged ones. It deals with the subject globally and contains unpublished research results.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Hitchcocks screen writersBy M. YoungIts appropriate that this book is well-written; considering that it begins at the ground-level where Hitchcock began when he made these three films: with the writers of Psycho; The Birds and Marnie. The reader feels brought into the very room in which Hitchcock collaborated with the writers (and tried to work with the ones he dismissed) to create each film from its roots: the scripts; that Hitchcock translated into movies with multiple layers of meanings. The two authors of the book met with the film writers; interviewed them and; its clear; came to know them quite well. A reader gets to know them; too.Ive seen almost all of Hitchcocks films; from those he made in England into his Hollywood years. As an ordinary movie-goer; I was enthralled by the three discussed in "Scripting." Reading it opened up depths that I had not suspected in these films. More dope me. The book earns a five-star rating. And a re-reading.1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. InterestingBy JCNI found the book to be a bit dry but nonetheless very informative. More scholarly than a casual read. My one compliant is that you would think by reading this that Hitchs other films were largely negligible and unimportant. I suppose having all this research on these three great films; the authors werent particularly interested in tying them into the canon as a whole. Some interesting anecdotes but this is definitely for the serious fan/student.
