Daily Dialogue — February 6, 2019

“What you said, you don’t believe the infection in that capsule was brought back deliberately, do you?”

— The Andromeda Strain (1971), screenplay by Nelson Gidding, novel by Michael Crichton

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Science.

Trivia: Michael Crichton was invited to take a tour of Universal Studios during the production of this film. His guide was none other than Steven Spielberg, who went on to adapt Crichton’s most successful novel, Jurassic Park (1993).

Dialogue On Dialogue: The central conceit of this movie — a contagion brought to Earth from outer space — is entirely plausible. But was it brought here deliberately?

For an NPR “Science Friday” discussion of the science of The Andromeda Strain, go here.