astronomy

Georg Gerster

Georg Gerster 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 Georg Gerster rather than just read about it. In short: George Gerster (30 April 1928 – 8 February 2019) was a Swiss journalist and a pioneer aerial photographer. Early life Born in Winterthur, in 1950 Gerster earned a doctorate at the University of Zurich in Germanistik.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

George Gerster (30 April 1928 – 8 February 2019) was a Swiss journalist and a pioneer aerial photographer.

Early life Born in Winterthur, in 1950 Gerster earned a doctorate at the University of Zurich in Germanistik. Through 1956 he worked as an editor for the inhabitants of Zurich's "World Week". Since then he was active as a freelance journalist with an emphasis on science reporting and flight photography. In this photographic field of activity, he did substantial pioneer work in the 1950s and 1960s, respected not only for the technology and quality of his flight pictures, but above all for the universality and internationality of the topics. Gerster's early photographic reportage and picture volumes detailed landscapes of North Africa. In the sixties, he documented places of archaeological interest in over 100 countries on all continents. In addition, he took breathtaking pictures of mountains and deserts, coasts and lakes, and agrarian and industrial landscapes. George Gerster was honoured in 1976 with the Prix Nadar. His photos have been shown in single and group exhibitions in Europe, Japan and the USA. He was represented by the Rapho photo agency. Gerster emphasized, on the one hand, the beauty of the landscape; on the other hand, he points out the endangerment to nature caused by excessive use, erosion, technology and mechanization. The fact that he did not only want to make "beautiful pictures" shows in his expert and precisely investigated captions and book texts.

Publications L'art éthiopien, églises rupestres, éditions Zodiaque (1968) Der Mensch auf seiner Erde, Zürich: Atlantis Verlag (1975) Flights of discovery: The Earth from Above, Paddington Press Ltd. (1978) The Past from Above: Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2005. Pp. 416; ills. 516. ISBN 0-89236-817-9 The Art of the Maze, with Adrian Fisher, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1990), ISBN 0-297-83027-9 Paradise Lost: Persia from Above, Phaidon, 2009 (photos made between 1976 and 1978)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Georg Gerster

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Georg Gerster 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 Georg Gerster 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 Georg Gerster 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 Georg Gerster

In research: Georg Gerster 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 Georg Gerster 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: Georg Gerster is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1928 births, 2019 deaths, Aerial photographers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Georg Gerster 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 Georg Gerster in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Georg Gerster means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Georg Gerster in simple terms?

George Gerster (30 April 1928 – 8 February 2019) was a Swiss journalist and a pioneer aerial photographer. Early life Born in Winterthur, in 1950 Gerster earned a doctorate at the University of Zurich in Germanistik.

Why does Georg Gerster 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 Georg Gerster?

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 Georg Gerster.