Piers Bizony Explained
| Piers Bizony |
| Birth Date: | 12. February 1959 |
| Occupation: | Author, journalist |
| Genre: | Non-fiction |
Piers Bizony is a science journalist, space historian, author, and exhibition organiser. Bizony specialises in the topics of outer space, special effects, and technology.[1] He has written articles for The Independent, BBC Focus and Wired.[2] His 1997 book The Rivers of Mars was shortlisted for the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award.[3] [4] His book 2001: Filming the Future (1994, revised 2000, expanded 2014) is an authoritative reference about Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. His 2017 book Moonshots was inspired by Michael Light's 1999 book Full Moon.[5]
Publications
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 1994. 2001: Filming the Future . 163-page 1st . . 1-85410-365-2.
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 1996 . Island in the Sky: The International Space Station . registration . . 978-1-85410-436-6 .
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 1997 . The Rivers of Mars: Searching for the Cosmic Origins of Life . . 978-1-85410-495-3.
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 1998 . The Exploration of Mars: Searching for the Cosmic Origins of Life . . 978-1-85410-584-4 .
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2000 . 2001: Filming the Future . 165-page revised 2nd . . 978-1-85410-706-0. (Reprinted 2001, Aurum Press.)
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2001 . Digital Domain: The Leading Edge of Visual Effects . . 978-1-85410-707-7. (Reprinted 2001, 2002, Billboard Books.)
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2004 . Atom . Icon Books . 978-1-84046-873-1.
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2006 . The Man Who Ran the Moon: James E. Webb, NASA, and the Secret History of Project Apollo . Icon Books . 978-1-84046-764-2 . (Reprinted 2006, Thunder's Mouth; 2007, Icon; 2009, Basic Books.)
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2006 . Space 50 . . 978-0-06-089010-0 .
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2009 . One Giant Leap: Apollo 11 Remembered . . 978-0-7603-3710-3 .
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2009 . How to Build Your Own Spaceship: The Science of Personal Space Travel . . 978-0-452-29533-9 . registration .
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2010 . Science: The Definitive Guide . . 978-1-4351-2948-1 .
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2011 . The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA's First Space Plane . . 978-0-7603-3941-1 .
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2011 . Cosmic Tour: 1001 Must-See Images from Across the Universe . . 978-0-85738-341-9 .
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2012 . The Search for Aliens: A Rough Guide to Life on Other Worlds . . 978-1-4053-8324-0 .
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2014 . The Making of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey . 1386-page collector . . 978-3-8365-4769-7 . — Contains 5 items: 2001: Filming the Future (562-page expanded 3rd ed.), plus 2001: A Space Odyssey [Photos] (100 film stills, 208 p.), 2001: A Space Odyssey Script (facsimile of Kubrick's annotated copy of Clarke's prose treatment "Journey Beyond the Stars: A Film Story", 260 p.), 2001: A Space Odyssey Notes (facsimile of 158 production notes compiled by Victor Lyndon, 320 p.), and 201 Min. of a Space Idiocy (reprint from Mad magazine no. 125, 8 p.). 1500 copies.
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2015 . The Making of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey . 562-page regular . . 978-3-8365-5954-6 . — Contains 1 item: 2001: Filming the Future (562-page expanded 3rd ed.).
- Book: Bizony, Piers . 2017 . Moonshots . 240-page slipcase . . 978-0-7603-5262-5 .
Notes and References
- Web site: Piers Bizony . acftv.com . 23 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070405131058/http://www.acftv.com/about/piers_bizony.asp . 5 April 2007 . dead .
- Web site: Piers Bizony . The Science Factory . Peter . Tallack . 23 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141014002708/http://www.sciencefactory.co.uk/authors.php?aid=86# . 14 October 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: Piers Bizony – Four Way Interview . 20 November 2010 . Popular Science . September 2, 2017.
- Web site: BIS Prestige Lecture – 2001: Filming the Future . 30 April 2012 . . September 2, 2017.
- Web site: Piers Bizony peers into NASA's history through the lens of Hasselblad cameras . Clark . Chase . 20 July 2019 . RocketSTEM . July 26, 2019.
