The physicist Gerhard Robbins observes that “strictly speaking, no hypothesis or theory can ever be proven. It can only be disproven. When we say we believe a theory, what we really mean is that we are unable to show that the theory is wrong—not that we are able to show, beyond doubt, that the theory is right.
Crichton comes clean in the factual notes about all of his references (and bibliography) are fictitious. Didn't think that while reading so good job.
