{"id":1187,"date":"2022-01-02T13:44:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T18:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dburdige\/?page_id=1187"},"modified":"2023-02-12T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T17:37:58","slug":"careers-in-geosciecnes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dburdige\/careers-in-geosciecnes\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers in Geosciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As you ponder your field of study keep in mind these definitions of geoscientists told to me by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasonline.org\/publications\/biographical-memoirs\/memoir-pdfs\/engel-albert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Al Engel <\/a>back when I was in graduate schoool. &nbsp;Granted, we were sipping whiskey in front of a fire on a spring break field trip (ok, we were actaully drinking it straight out of the gallon bottle), so take these with a good sense of humor. &nbsp;Nevertheless, there is some truth here &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"wp-image-1196\" style=\"width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dburdige\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1285\/2022\/01\/mathmistake.jpg\" alt=\"\">      <\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">A geophysicist is someone who would rather calculate than be correct.<br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"404\" class=\"wp-image-1203\" style=\"width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dburdige\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1285\/2022\/01\/ch_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dburdige\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1285\/2022\/01\/ch_06.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dburdige\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1285\/2022\/01\/ch_06-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">A geochemist is someone with a technique of dubious relevance and certainty in search of money, an idea and a sample.<br><br>[note: &nbsp;despite the &#8220;Rube Goldberg&#8221;-like nature of this device, it was actually used on the Challenger expedition (1872-6) to determine the concentration of carbonic acid (dissolved CO<sub>2<\/sub>) in seawater]<br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"353\" class=\"wp-image-1211\" style=\"width: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dburdige\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1285\/2022\/01\/geologist.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dburdige\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1285\/2022\/01\/geologist.jpg 200w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dburdige\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1285\/2022\/01\/geologist-170x300.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">A geologist is someone who is not that bright but has a good sense of direction and a good pair of hiking boots.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re done with this then click <a href=\"window.opener='x';window.close();\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you ponder your field of study keep in mind these definitions of geoscientists told to me by&nbsp;Al Engel back when I was in graduate schoool. &nbsp;Granted, we were sipping whiskey in front of a fire on a spring break field trip (ok, we were actaully drinking it straight out of the gallon bottle), so&#8230; 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