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The Science Of Jurassic Park & The Lost World: An audio abridgement of the novel by Rob DeSalle & David Lindley, Read by David Lindley.
This rare audiobook was only ever on cassette and is currently unavailable online. The digital transfer is my own and is meant to preserve what would otherwise be lost media.
Will scientists really be able to recreate dinosaurs someday? Could 60-million-year-old amber preserve DNA from another era, enabling scientists to "clone" a modern dinosaur? How much science is really in science fiction? Rob DeSalle, curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and David Lindley, author of The End of Physics, discuss these possibilities, as well as other intriguing hypotheses and incredible facts that underlie the fictional premise of the popular Michael Crichton books-turned-movies. These scientists explore the most recent discoveries, theories, and evidence, from genetic engineering to dinosaur behavior, to mass extinction theory. Their clear analysis demonstrates the problems that stand between science and science fiction.
Recorded in 1997.
Time Codes:
00:00:00- Side 01
00:38:00- Side 02
01:17:45- Side 03
01:53:16- Side 04
Check out audio-only versions of Jurassic Time's most popular videos via the Jurassic Time Podcast:
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIACT8MUZTgMIfM7ZE0GTYMLam5Dk_j3w
For more from Jurassic Time, including extensive articles and additional interviews, visit:
jurassictime.trescom.org
jurassictime.wixsite.com/memoirs
The Science Of Jurassic Park & The Lost World: An audio abridgement of the novel by Rob DeSalle & David Lindley, Read by David Lindley.
This rare audiobook was only ever on cassette and is currently unavailable online. The digital transfer is my own and is meant to preserve what would otherwise be lost media.
Will scientists really be able to recreate dinosaurs someday? Could 60-million-year-old amber preserve DNA from another era, enabling scientists to "clone" a modern dinosaur? How much science is really in science fiction? Rob DeSalle, curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and David Lindley, author of The End of Physics, discuss these possibilities, as well as other intriguing hypotheses and incredible facts that underlie the fictional premise of the popular Michael Crichton books-turned-movies. These scientists explore the most recent discoveries, theories, and evidence, from genetic engineering to dinosaur behavior, to mass extinction theory. Their clear analysis demonstrates the problems that stand between science and science fiction.
Recorded in 1997.
Time Codes:
00:00:00- Side 01
00:38:00- Side 02
01:17:45- Side 03
01:53:16- Side 04
Check out audio-only versions of Jurassic Time's most popular videos via the Jurassic Time Podcast:
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIACT8MUZTgMIfM7ZE0GTYMLam5Dk_j3w
For more from Jurassic Time, including extensive articles and additional interviews, visit:
jurassictime.trescom.org
jurassictime.wixsite.com/memoirs
