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Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park | Lex Fridman Podcast #480

Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park | Lex Fridman Podcast #480

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Paraloid

Rohm and Haas (inferred)

“There's this wonderful stuff called Paraloid”
“There's this wonderful stuff called Paraloid, and it's a special glue for fossils. And I said bone's super porous, so it's really good at sucking up liquids.”— Dave Hone

The guest's own work

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Spinosaur Tales: The Biology and Ecology of Spinosaurus

Dave Hone and Mark Witton

“We should mention that you're working on a book out in early 2026? ... It's called Spinosaur Tales: The Biology and Ecology of the Spinosaurus.”— Lex Fridman
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior

Dave Hone

“So, in your book "Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior," you conclude that there's a lot we might not know.”— Lex Fridman

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Jurassic Park

Steven Spielberg (inferred)

“What does Jurassic Park and Jurassic World franchise get right and wrong? - I mean, they get wrong a hell of a lot.”— Dave Hone
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The Lost World

Michael Crichton

“In The Lost World, his sequel book, he hints that there's a research paper that says it, and that's where he got it from.”— Dave Hone
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Jurassic Park III

Joe Johnston (inferred)

“personally, I'm quite a big fan of the Jurassic Park 3 Spinosaurus. I think for its era, it's really quite good.”— Dave Hone
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Chernobyl

Craig Mazin (inferred)

“There's a show called Chernobyl. It's like they don't need to be that accurate, but they really... the detail of the kitchenware”— Lex Fridman
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Interstellar

Christopher Nolan

“Nolan with the black hole in Interstellar. ...ended up publishing a paper on the calculation to visualize that. - I mean, that's legendary.”— Lex Fridman