Киты. Неизведанный разум. История эволюции и новейшие исследования интеллекта морских гигантов

Uzhe neskolʹko desi͡atiletiĭ chelovechestvo tshchetno ishchet v glubinakh Vselen noĭ sledy razumnykh sobratʹev, vtaĭne nadei͡asʹ na kontakt s nimi. No chto, esli v beskonechnykh poiskakh vnezemnogo razuma my prosmotreli t͡sivilizat͡sii͡u, skrytui͡u sovsem ri͡adom s nami? V dannoĭ knige istorii͡a kitov predstaet ne tolʹko kak letopisʹ vyzhivanii͡a ėtikh podvodnykh mlekopitai͡ushchikh v protivostoi͡anii s chelovecheskoĭ zhestokostʹi͡u i alchnostʹi͡u, no i kak vstrecha dvukh parallelʹnykh razumov, razdelennykh granit͡seĭ mezhdu susheĭ i okeanom. Vy pogruzitesʹ v mir, gde zrenie ustupaet mesto ėkholokat͡sii, a vremi͡a izmeri͡aetsi͡a ėpokhalʹnymi kitovymi pesni͡ami. Proĭdi͡a putʹ ot anatomicheskikh chudes glubokovodnykh gigantov do tragicheskogo razryva v gody kitoboĭnogo promysla "kulʹturnoĭ pami͡ati", kotorui͡u oni peredavali iz pokolenii͡a v pokolenie, vy okazhetesʹ pered lit͡som filosofskoĭ singuli͡arnosti: segodni͡a sovremennye tekhnologii pozvoli͡ai͡ut nam rasshifrovatʹ akusticheskiĭ kod kitov.Ėto izdanie - svoeobraznoe zerkalo, v kotorom chelovechestvo vpervye rassmatrivaetsi͡a ne kak vlastelin planety, a kak lishʹ odin iz uchastnikov velikogo simfonicheskogo khora zhizni. Gotovy li my priznatʹ, chto pod tolshcheĭ vody uzhe milliony let sushchestvuet vysokoorganizovannyĭ razum, i prishlo li vremi͡a soprikosnutʹsi͡a s nim, kak s ravnym?

For several decades now, humanity has been searching in vain in the depths of the universe for traces of intelligent brethren, secretly hoping for contact with them. But what if, in our endless search for extraterrestrial intelligence, we've overlooked a civilization hidden right next to us? In this book, the story of whales appears not only as a chronicle of the survival of these underwater mammals in opposition to human cruelty and greed, but also as a meeting of two parallel minds separated by the border between land and ocean. You will immerse yourself in a world where vision gives way to echolocation, and time is measured by epochal whale songs. Having gone from the anatomical wonders of the deep-sea giants to the tragic gap in the years of whaling of the "cultural memory" that they passed on from generation to generation, you will find yourself in the face of a philosophical singularity: today modern technologies allow us to decipher the acoustic code of whales.This publication is a kind of mirror in which humanity is for the first time viewed not as the ruler of the planet, but as just one of the participants in the great symphonic chorus of life. Are we ready to admit that there has been a highly organized mind under the water for millions of years, and is it time to come into contact with it as an equal?