Профессия 一 палеонтолог : От камня до динозавра

Kto takoĭ paleontolog i chem on zanimaetsi͡a? Chem paleontolog otlichaetsi͡a ot arkheologa? I zachem emu nuzhny molotok i metla?Ėta kniga rasskazhet, chem na samom dele zanimaetsi͡a paleontolog: kak on myslit i prinimaet reshenii͡a, chto dolzhen umetʹ, chʹi͡a pomoshchʹ emu nuzhna v rabote i iz chego sostoit ego denʹ. Kazhdai͡a professii͡a polna sekretov. Slozhno dogadatʹsi͡a, skolʹko znaniĭ, sil i truda stoit za postroennym domom, napisannoĭ knigoĭ ili sozdannoĭ videoigroĭ. V serii "Krutai͡a rabota" my pokazyvaem vsi͡u mnogogrannostʹ i slozhnostʹ raznykh professiĭ: rasskazyvaem, iz chego sostoit obychnyĭ denʹ spet͡sialista, i obo vsëm, chto pri͡achetsi͡a za zanavesom, raskryvaem istorii͡u i filosofii͡u raznykh zani͡atiĭ. Chtoby kazhdyĭ rebënok nashël sebe delo po dushe. Do sikh por mnogie okamenelosti imei͡ut strannye narodnye nazvanii͡a. Na Volge tonkie rostry belemnitov (ostatki molli͡uskov, pokhozhikh na kalʹmarov) prozvali kozʹimi usami, a rakoviny ammonitov - kotelkami s sopli͡ami. Okamenelosti - ėto, kak pravilo, prosto kamennye slepki rakovin ili kosteĭ, poėtomu izvlechʹ DNK iz ostatkov dinozavrov ne legche, chem iz kirpicha: eë tam net. No iz-za gromkogo slova "kosti" s paleontologami sluchai͡utsi͡a nelepye istorii. Odnazhdy im ne razreshili slozhitʹ kosti dinozavrov v podval zhilogo doma, potomu chto podumali, chto kosti budut plokho pakhnutʹ i zhilʹt͡sy stanut zhalovatʹsi͡a. Metody ne stoi͡at na meste. V svoeĭ rabote paleontologi ispolʹzui͡ut samye peredovye tekhnologii. V ėtom paleontologii͡a ne ustupaet dazhe i͡adernoĭ fizike: nekotorye t͡sennye obrazt͡sy izuchai͡ut s pomoshchʹi͡u kollaĭdera.

Who is a paleontologist and what does he do? How does a paleontologist differ from an archaeologist? And why does he need a hammer and a broom?This book will tell you what a paleontologist really does: how he thinks and makes decisions, what he should be able to do, whose help he needs in his work, and what his day consists of. Every profession is full of secrets. It's hard to guess how much knowledge, effort, and labor is behind a house built, a book written, or a video game created. In the "Cool Job" series, we show the versatility and complexity of different professions.: We tell you what an ordinary specialist's day consists of, and about everything that hides behind the curtain, we reveal the history and philosophy of various activities. So that every child can find something to do. Until now, many fossils have strange folk names. On the Volga, the thin rostrums of belemnites (the remains of squid—like mollusks) were called goat's whiskers, and the shells of ammonites were called pots with snot. Fossils are usually just stone casts of shells or bones, so it's no easier to extract DNA from dinosaur remains than from bricks: it's not there. But because of the loud word "bones", ridiculous stories happen to paleontologists. One day, they weren't allowed to put dinosaur bones in the basement of an apartment building because they thought the bones would smell bad and the residents would complain. The methods do not stand still. Paleontologists use the most advanced technologies in their work. In this respect, paleontology is not inferior even to nuclear physics: some valuable samples are studied using a collider.