CHAPTER 13

Summary

The team finally arrives at level five and enters a huge room sealed off from the bacteria infected areas where the satellite, baby, and old man are under observation. Stone explains that the operation is one giant glove box, any interaction with the test subjects will be done with mechanical hands operated by the scientists. To make sure the.........

Notes

In this chapter we see a dichotomy of personnel and the importance of their assignments. Stone and Leavitt, who consider themselves the.........

CHAPTER 14

Summary

In the observation room a computer tech teaches Dr. Hall how to use the computer system to diagnose and test the two patients. Hall uses the computers to order a series of tests, but must draw the blood, urine, and saliva samples from the patients himself. Inside the room with Peter Jackson and the baby is a large rubber suit connected to...........

Notes

Throughout the book, Crichton consistently points out how the potential of wasting time following up bad leads or...........

CHAPTER 15

Summary

In the main control room, the observatory set up to find the organism, Leavitt and Stone scan the outside of the satellite using sophisticated fiber optics technology. They scan the exterior twice, find nothing, and decide to proceed to the interior of the capsule. While scanning the inside, the...........

 

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