The Science of Michael Crichton: An Unauthorized Exploration into the Real Science Behind the Fictional Worlds of Michael Crichton (Smart Pop)

About this book

Wherever the cutting edge of science goes Michael Crichton is there. From dinosaur cloning to global warming nanotechnology to time travel animal behavior to human genetics Crichton always takes us to the cutting edge of science and then pushes the envelope. The Science of Michael Crichton examines the amazing inventions of Crichtons books and lifts up the hood revealing the science underneath. In intelligent and well-thought essays scholars and experts decide what Crichton gets right and what he gets wrong. They examine which Crichton imaginings are feasible and which are just plain impossible. Scenarios examined include whether dinosaurs can be cloned if nanotechnological particles can evolve intelligence and if we can go back in time.