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How ‘Contagion’ Pushed Hollywood to Get Science Right

SCIENTIFIC METHOD

The movie wasn’t afraid to show failure as scientists struggled to race to find an antidote to a global epidemic—a refreshingly honest depiction of science in real life.

Paul Offit
Paul Offit
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Paul Offit

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