astronomy

Gabriel Lasker

Gabriel Lasker is a astronomy 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 Gabriel Lasker rather than just read about it. In short: Gabriel Ward Lasker (April 29, 1912 – August 27, 2002) was a British-born American biological anthropologist. He taught anatomy at Wayne State University School of Medicine for 36 years and served as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Human Biology for 35 years.

Key takeaways

Gabriel Lasker belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Gabriel Lasker to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Gabriel Lasker from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Gabriel Ward Lasker (April 29, 1912 – August 27, 2002) was a British-born American biological anthropologist. He taught anatomy at Wayne State University School of Medicine for 36 years and served as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Human Biology for 35 years. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Peru in 1957–58. He served as president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists from 1963 to 1965 and received their Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993. In 1974, he founded the Human Biology Council (later renamed Human Biology Association) as a society that supported the publication of Human Biology. Lasker also received the Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1996. In 2000, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Turin. He died of kidney disease on in Detroit, Michigan, on August 27, 2002. In 2005, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists established the Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award in his honor.

References

Further reading Lasker, Gabriel Ward (1982). "Autobiographical Note". Human Biology. 54 (2): 265–267. ISSN 0018-7143. JSTOR 41463373. Crawford, Michael H. (2018-10-04). "Lasker, Gabriel". The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 1–2. doi:10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0288. ISBN 9781118584422. S2CID 240090033.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Gabriel Lasker

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Gabriel Lasker claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, 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 Gabriel Lasker 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 Gabriel Lasker 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 Gabriel Lasker

In research: Gabriel Lasker appears in astronomy 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 Gabriel Lasker 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: Gabriel Lasker is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1912 births, 2002 deaths, 20th-century American anthropologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Gabriel Lasker 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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How to study Gabriel Lasker in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Gabriel Lasker matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Gabriel Lasker?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Gabriel Lasker.