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The Origin and Evolution of Dino Fest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2017

Gary D. Rosenberg
Gary D. Rosenberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, 723 W. Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132
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Late in the summer of 1993, Robert Hall, Chairman of the Department of Geology, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) thought it would be a good idea to invite a couple of dinosaur workers to campus to capitalize on the frenzy of enthusiasm for dinosaurs that the movie, Jurassic Park, had generated. However, what originally was to have been a couple of guest lectures quickly evolved into a three-day affair that was probably the first scientific conference–certainly the first paleontologic conference–for the general public, raising important issues about public involvement in science.

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Research Article
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The Paleontological Society Special Publications , Volume 7: Dino Fest , 1994 , pp. 1 - 6
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Copyright © 1994 Paleontological Society 

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