Preparing Dinosaurs The Work behind the Scenes

• Päätekijä: Wylie, Caitlin Donahue (auth)
• Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen Kirjan osa
• Kieli: englanti
• Julkaistu: Cambridge The MIT Press 2021
• Sarja: The MIT Press
• Aiheet: Palaeontology; Bio-ethics; Museology & heritage studies; Philosophy of science; Museology and heritage studies
• Linkit: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

An investigation of the work and workers in fossil preparation labs reveals the often unacknowledged creativity and problem-solving on which scientists rely. Those awe-inspiring dinosaur skeletons on display in museums do not spring fully assembled from the earth. Technicians known as preparators ha...