Re: Errors in Jurassic Park (Movie) (posted for R. Lane)

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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 96 13:35:52 -0600
Subject: Re: Errors in Jurassic Park (Movie)
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     Yeah, the microscope in the trailor at the beginning of the film is
     set up backwards!  Ralph Salomon, a nannofossil specialist here at
     Amoco in Houston, received a gift from Zeiss after informing them of
     the mistake.

     Rich Lane


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Subject: Errors in Jurassic Park (Movie)
Author:  owner-paleonet at unix,mime/dd.RFC-822=owner-paleonet\@nhm\.ac\.uk
Date:    1/4/96 9:02 AM


One of our local Jr. High Schools will be screening 'Jurassic Park' for
their Earth science classes.  As a follow-up to the film they will be
looking for and discussing scientific errors in the film (they just did
this for 'Apollo 13' and it really got the kids interest).

Can anyone provide me with any print references or personal observations
regarding the scientific accuracy of the film that I can pass along to
Valley Stream Jr High School?

Please feel free to respond directly to me if this doesn't seem of
sufficient interest for paleonet bandwidth.

Thanks for your help!

Sincerely,
JBB

J Bret Bennington
Department of Geology
114 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11550-1090
516-463-5568
FAX: 516-463-6010
E-mail: geojbb@vaxc.hofstra.edu