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Jurassic Genius David Wilson

NPR
Published October 28, 2001 at 12:00 AM EDT

The MacArthur Foundation is probably best known for its "genius grants," $500,000, no-strings-attached awards given every year to exceptionally creative people. Lisa Simeone talks to David Wilson, founder and curator of the wonderfully offbeat and esoteric Museum of Jurassic Technology.

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