astronomy

Gerstein Science Information Centre

Gerstein Science Information Centre 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 Gerstein Science Information Centre rather than just read about it. In short: The Gerstein Science Information Centre is the University of Toronto's flagship library supporting the sciences and health sciences. The largest science and health science academic library in Canada, Gerstein has a collection of over 945,000 print volumes of journals and books, and also provides access to over 100,000 online journals and books.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

The Gerstein Science Information Centre is the University of Toronto's flagship library supporting the sciences and health sciences. The largest science and health science academic library in Canada, Gerstein has a collection of over 945,000 print volumes of journals and books, and also provides access to over 100,000 online journals and books. It is located in the Sigmund Samuel Library Building, a listed heritage building on the St. George campus in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Gerstein Science Information Centre's collection consists primarily of material on the sciences, including the health sciences, medicine, physics, chemistry, biology and their subfields, with the exception of mathematical journals and forestry, botany and geology materials. The library provides varying degrees of access to students, faculty, external researchers, and members of the public.

History The library originally existed as the main University of Toronto library, and maintained this status from 1892 to 1973. In 1973 the humanities and social sciences materials were moved to the then newly built Robarts Library, and the remaining collection was divided between the undergraduate Sigmund Samuel Library and the Science and Medicine Library. In 1997, the Science and Medicine Library was renamed the Gerstein Science Information Centre after a significant donation from a benefactor, the Frank Gerstein Charitable Foundation.

Renovation work

The most recent renovations at Gerstein were similarly funded by the Frank Gerstein Charitable Foundation and the Bertrand Gerstein Family Foundation, and were completed in the fall of 2008. The Gerstein Reading Room, a spacious study area for students restored to its 1892 original state, was the end product of the renovations. The stunning ceiling architecture revealed by the renovation came as a surprise to Diamond and Schmitt Architects, who made their discovery while renewing the heritage wing of the Centre. The renovation also included the addition of group study rooms for students. The previous expansion of 2003, the Morrison Pavilion, provides students with modern study carrels equipped with power outlets and wired Ethernet connections and was possible due to a donation by University of Toronto alumni Russell and Katherine Morrison.

Coat of arms

The entrance to the library features a stained glass window with the Samuel family crest, as Sigmund Samuel's donation led to the construction of the Sigmund Samuel Library Building. Below the coat of arms is the phrase Honos Alit Artis (Latin), meaning "honour exalts the arts."

See also Robarts Library University of Toronto Libraries

References

External links

Official website University of Toronto Libraries

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Gerstein Science Information Centre

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Gerstein Science Information Centre 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 Gerstein Science Information Centre 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 Gerstein Science Information Centre 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 Gerstein Science Information Centre

In research: Gerstein Science Information Centre 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 Gerstein Science Information Centre 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: Gerstein Science Information Centre is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1973 establishments in Ontario, City of Toronto Heritage Properties, Science libraries, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Gerstein Science Information Centre 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 Gerstein Science Information Centre in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Gerstein Science Information Centre means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Gerstein Science Information Centre in simple terms?

Why does Gerstein Science Information Centre 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 Gerstein Science Information Centre?

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 Gerstein Science Information Centre.