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It might be worth mentioning that it was actually a novel first, released in 1990. The novel is excellent (and goes even more into the thing about chaos theory and math).
Actually, there's a lot of differences between the book and the movie. There's little things, like how the vehicles in the book are Toyotas because only the Japanese are willing enough to invest in something as crazy as a dinosaur park. In the movie they're American cars. And there's other, big differences. You know what, everyone should experience both!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(novel[1])
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(novel
Comment by Cosmologicon at 25/07/2014 at 14:55 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The novel is excellent (and goes even more into the thing about chaos theory and math).
While there is more talk of chaos theory in the book, there's nothing in the book that actually does a better job of justifying escaping dinosaurs mathematically.
Agreed it's a good book, though. Fun fact: the original title was Billy and the Clonosaurus.
Comment by autowikibot at 25/07/2014 at 13:49 UTC
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1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic%20Park%20(novel%5C
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___Jurassic Park___ is a science fiction[2] novel written by Michael Crichton[3]. Often considered a cautionary tale[4] on unconsidered biological tinkering in the same spirit as Mary Shelley[5]'s *Frankenstein[6]*, it uses the metaphor of the collapse of an amusement park[7] showcasing genetically recreated[8] dinosaurs[9] to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory[10] and its philosophical implications. In 1993, Steven Spielberg[11] adapted the book into the blockbuster film *[Jurassic Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film%5C[12])).* The book's sequel, *[The Lost World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World_(Crichton_novel%5C[13]))* (1995) was also adapted by Spielberg into a film[14] in 1997. A third film[15], directed by Joe Johnston[16] and released in 2001, drew several elements, themes, and scenes from both books that were ultimately not utilized in either of the previous films, such as the aviary and boat scenes. A fourth entry[17], directed by Colin Trevorrow[18], is set for theatrical release on June 12, 2015.
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction
3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton
4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cautionary_tale
5: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley
6: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein
7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_park
8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering
9: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur
10: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory
11: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg
12: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film%5C
13: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World_(Crichton_novel%5C
14: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World:_Jurassic_Park
15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_III
16: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Johnston
17: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World
18: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Trevorrow
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19: https://i.imgur.com/DgIYvDW.jpg
20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jurassicpark.jpg
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21: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park
22: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton
23: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)
24: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jurassic_Park_characters
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