Science fiction and technology novelist, as well as medical doctor Michael Crichton died November 4, at the age 66, after a long fought private battle with cancer. Crichton, the author of many successful science fiction novels such as Jurassic Park, The Andremeda Strain, and The Terminal Man.
Crichton graduated from Harvard College and earned a degree in Anthropology from University of Cambridge, and then returned to Harvard to complete a medical degree in 1969. Amidst his medical education, and completion of his post doctorial degree in biology, Crichton began writing fiction which blossomed into his first novel two years later, titled the The Andromeda Strain that launched his career as a famous writer.
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