The science of Michael Crichton
Subtitle: an unauthorized exploration into the real science behind the fictional worlds of Michael Crichton
By: edited by Kevin R. Grazier.
Contributors: Grazier, Kevin Robert, 1961-
Publisher: BenBella Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dallas, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Crichton, Michael, -- 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation; Science fiction, American -- History and criticism; Science in literature
Table of contents: title: The Andromeda strain / Sergio Pistoi; title: Virtual reality and man-machine interface in Disclosure and The terminal man / Ray Kurzweil; title: Shock to the system / Steven Gulie; title: Neanderthals and wendols / Ian Tattersall; title: Primate behavior and misbehavior in Michael Crichton's Congo / Dario Maestripieri; title: We still can't clone dinosaurs / Sandy Becker; title: Crichton travels in time / Joel Shurkin; title: Be afraid. Be very afraid.: Michael Crichton's State of fear / David Lawrence; title: Science comes second in next / Phill Jones.