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To: TimF who wrote (100477)	2/18/2005 9:30:04 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 793689

10:45am Michael Crichton, State of Fear Sunday, February 20 booktv.org State of Fear Michael Crichton Description : Michael Crichton spoke about science policy during a talk hosted by the American Enterprise Institute -Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies. Mr. Crichton said that the politics of science often influence the results of scientific studies because certain groups have particular interests in the outcome of a test. An example would be a company that manufactures aerosol cans, funding a test about the effects of aerosol on the ozone layer. Mr. Crichton argues that for a study to be particularly fair, two different groups with opposing interests (when applicable) should conduct the same study at the same time and then the results of each should be published simultaneously and compared. The author's new book "State of Fear" is a fictional account of the politcs behind global warming studies. Aut hor Bio : Michael Crichton is the author of "Andromeda Strain," "Jurassic Park," and "Sphere" among others. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, he is also the creator of the television series ER. Publisher: HarperCollins 10 E. 53rd Street New York, NY 10022