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Givi Maisuradze

Givi Maisuradze is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Givi Maisuradze rather than just read about it. In short: Givi Maisuradze (Georgian: გივი მაისურაძე; February 11, 1934) is a Georgian geologist, professor and doctor of science. He and his wife Nina Klopotovskaia, a paleontologist, were part of the research team that discovered early hominin skulls and later skeletons dating back to 1.8 million years old in Dmanisi, Georgia.

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Reference excerpt

Givi Maisuradze (Georgian: გივი მაისურაძე; February 11, 1934) is a Georgian geologist, professor and doctor of science. He and his wife Nina Klopotovskaia, a paleontologist, were part of the research team that discovered early hominin skulls and later skeletons dating back to 1.8 million years old in Dmanisi, Georgia.

Early life and career Maisuradze was born on February 11, 1934, in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi. In 1952 he graduated from School #6 in Tbilisi. Between 1952 and 1957 he attended Tbilisi State University specializing in Geography and Geology. In 1957, he obtained the title of Engineer Geologist at Tbilisi State University. Between 1957 and 1960 Maisuradze worked as Geologist and Hydrologist at the Soviet Union's Geological Military District 15, where he was publishing his research studies on Caucasian region and Middle East. From 1961 to 1980 he worked at the department of Quaternary Geology at the Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography, where he started as a senior laboratory worker before advancing to the position of the senior scientist. In 1970, he defended his thesis on the subject of geomorphology and paleogeography. In February 1980, he was transferred to the Dzhanelidze Institute of Geology, as a senior scientist of regional geology and tectonic department, where he worked until 2007. As part of his research he has traveled to Central Asia, Europe, Canada and China. Between 2002 and 2004, Givi Maisuradze conducted a research on Caucasian Seismic Information Network for Hazard and Risk Assessment. Between 1997 and 2005 worked on Dmanisi sight where archeological research was conducted for several years after the discovery of Homo Erectus in Dmanisi. In 2007 Maisuradze took a semi-retirement, while still working part-time at the Institute of Geology and teaching Quaternary Geology at Tbilisi State University. He has had 130 research works published, including 21 in the Impaqt Journal.

Specialization Maisuradze specializes in young (Quaternary) volcanoes, terrestrial magnetism, neotectonics, archeology, statgraphics of quaternary layers and their regional and world correlations.

Awards 1976 – Order of Merit of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union 1982 – INQUA international congress awarded by B. Sokolov 1983 – Recognition of Georgian Society of Science for the participation in the creation of Georgian Red Book about the nature protection (Tsiteli Tsigni). 2001– Received Order of Merit from the president of Georgia for the discoveries made in Dmanisi region.

References

www.sciencemag.org The anatomical record. Part A, Discoveries in molecular, cellular, and evolutionary biology. 288(11):1146-57. Leo Gabunia, Abesalom Vekua, David Lordkipanidze, Carl C. Swisher III, Reid Ferring, Antje Justus, Medea Nioradze, Merab Tvalchrelidze, Susan C. Antón, Gerhard Bosinski, Olaf Jöris, Marie-A.-de Lumley, Givi Majsuradze, Aleksander Mouskhelishvili, 2000. Earliest Pleistocene Hominid Cranial Remains from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia: Taxonomy, Geological Setting, and Age .Vol.288. no.5468, pp. 1019 – 1025

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Givi Maisuradze

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Givi Maisuradze claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Givi Maisuradze before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Givi Maisuradze ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Givi Maisuradze

In research: Givi Maisuradze appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Givi Maisuradze in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Givi Maisuradze is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1934 births, 21st-century scientists from Georgia (country), Geologist stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Givi Maisuradze outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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