astronomy

Hans Schinz

Hans Schinz 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 Hans Schinz rather than just read about it. In short: Hans Schinz (6 December 1858 – 30 October 1941), a native of Zürich, was a Swiss explorer and botanist. The standard author abbreviation Schinz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Key takeaways

Hans Schinz belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
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Reproduce the core statement of Hans Schinz from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Hans Schinz (6 December 1858 – 30 October 1941), a native of Zürich, was a Swiss explorer and botanist. The standard author abbreviation Schinz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Biography In 1884, he participated in an exploratory expedition to German Southwest Africa that was organized by German merchant Adolf Lüderitz (1834–1886). For the next few years Schinz undertook extensive scientific studies of the northern parts of the colony. As a result of the expedition, he published Deutsch-Südwestafrika, Forschungsreisen durch die deutschen Schutzgebiete Groß- Nama- und Hereroland, nach dem Kunene, dem Ngamisee und Kalahari 1884-1887 (German South West Africa: Research Expedition of Herero and Nama Country, the Kunene Region, Lake Ngami and the Kalahari; 1884–1887). This work was an important scientific, geographic and ethnographic study of the colony, and was one of the first comprehensive works on the Ovamboland region. It was during this expedition that he made the acquaintance of the Finnish missionary Martti Rautanen (1845–1926) at Olukonda, and named the tree Ricinodendron rautanenii after him. In 1889, he received his habilitation at University of Zurich, where in 1895 he became a professor and director of the botanical gardens. With Robert Keller (1854–1939), he was the author of Flora der Schweiz, a work on Swiss flora that was published over several editions from 1900 to 1923. Several taxa have been named in his honour; In 1889, Swiss botanist Victor Fayod published Schinzinia, which is a fungal genus in the family Agaricaceae. Also in 1889, Melioschinzia (in the Meliaceae family), was published by K.Schum., this genus is now a synonym of Chisocheton. Schinzafra (in Bruniaceae family) was published by Kuntze in 1891, this genus is now a synonym of Thamnea. Then in 1895, botanist Ernst Friedrich Gilg published Schinziella, a monotypic genus of flowering plants from Africa, belonging to the family Gentianaceae. Lastly, from the Euphorbiaceae family, Schinziophyton was published in Kew Bull. 45: 157 (in 1990) by Hutch. ex Radcl.Sm.

See also Johann Christian Friedrich Heidmann

References

External links

Plug, C. (2020). "Schinz, Dr Hans (botany, zoological collection)". S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Biographies of Namibian Personalities by Klaus Dierks

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hans Schinz

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hans Schinz 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 Hans Schinz 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 Hans Schinz 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 Hans Schinz

In research: Hans Schinz 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 Hans Schinz 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: Hans Schinz is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1858 births, 1941 deaths, 19th-century Swiss botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hans Schinz 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 Hans Schinz in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Hans Schinz 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.

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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.

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