Ian Malcolm (other)
Ian Malcolm may refer to: * Ian Malcolm (''Jurassic Park''), fictional mathematician from the ''Jurassic Park'' series *Sir Ian Malcolm (politician) Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm, 17th Laird of Poltalloch, KCMG (3 September 1868 – 28 December 1944) was a Conservative Member of Parliament and Chieftain of the Clan Malcolm /MacCallum. Background and early life Malcolm was born in 1868, the s ...

Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park)
Dr. Ian Malcolm is a fictional character from the ''Jurassic Park'' franchise created by Michael Crichton and portrayed by Jeff Goldblum. Malcolm is a gifted mathematician from the University of Texas at Austin who specializes in chaos theory. The character was inspired in part by American historian of science James Gleick and French mathematician Ivar Ekeland. In Crichton's 1990 novel ''Jurassic Park'' and its 1993 film adaptation, Malcolm is invited by insurance lawyer Donald Gennaro to notice any problems with John Hammond's dinosaur theme park, Jurassic Park. Malcolm was intended by Crichton to fill in the role of the audience in the scenarios he is put through. Malcolm is a secondary protagonist in the original novel and the main protagonist in the sequel, '' The Lost World'', due to positive fan reception from Goldblum's performance as the character in director Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the original novel. His role as Ian Malcolm in ''Jurassic Park'' skyrocke ...
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