Jurassic Park — Vocabulary
Michael Crichton
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The river was almost enclosed by dense foliage on both sides.p.158.9alternate pages38 more

So I conclude that some other phenomenon, such as a new variety of flu, is causing the fluctuations you see in the graph.p.101.1alternate pages6 more

That wasn't the primary objective.p.125.2alternate pages1 more

The basic idea of science—that there was a new way to look at reality, that it was objective, that it did not depend on your beliefs or your nationality, that it was rational—that idea was fresh and exciting back then.p.349.8alternate pages1 more

Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse.p.276.4alternate pages3 more

Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something.p.318.3alternate pages2 more

And whenever we faced a critical matter such as this, we designed redundant systems.p.121.5alternate pages6 more

Thus the attitude of pure scientists was fundamentally critical toward the work of applied scientists, and to industry in general.p.xi.7alternate pages6 more

Grant came over, and peered critically at the creature.p.122.7alternate pages6 more

With each passing year, the manipulation of DNA had grown easier.p.73.9alternate pages97 more

And then the insects are preserved in amber….p.111.6alternate pages8 more

Making it the largest private animal preserve in North America.p.85.9alternate pages8 more

Dodgson wanted more than bacterial DNA; he wanted frozen embryos,p.76.9alternate pages21 more

In the contemporary world, only very small mammals, like the cobra-fighting mongoose, had such quick responses.p.132.6alternate pages6 more

We think these dinosaurs were so successful because they had better jaws and teeth for chewing plants than their contemporaries did.p.152.9alternate pages6 more

And you've adapted his technique here?p.111.2alternate pages2 more

They've been brought back after sixty-five million years to a world that's very different from the one they left, the one they were adapted to.p.146.7alternate pages2 more

They had flourished as the dominant life-form on the planet in the Jurassic, 190 million years ago.p.49.6alternate pages61 more

...the male had evolved to disseminate his genes as widely as possible,p.63.4alternate pages49 more

But if planting deadly ferns at poolside was any indication, then it was clear that the designers of Jurassic Park had not been as careful as they should have been.p.96.9alternate pages4 more