astronomy

Hidesaburo Hanafusa

Hidesaburo Hanafusa 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 Hidesaburo Hanafusa rather than just read about it. In short: Hidesaburo Hanafusa (花房秀三郎, Hanafusa Hidesaburō; December 1, 1929 – March 15, 2009) was a Japanese virologist. He shared the 1982 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research with Harold E.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Hidesaburo Hanafusa (花房秀三郎, Hanafusa Hidesaburō; December 1, 1929 – March 15, 2009) was a Japanese virologist. He shared the 1982 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research with Harold E. Varmus and J. Michael Bishop for demonstrating how RNA tumor viruses cause cancer, and elucidating their role in combining, rescuing and maintaining oncogenes in the viral genome.

Life Hidesaburo Hanafusa was born on December 1, 1929, in Hyogo Prefecture. He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1960 from Osaka University, where he also met his future wife, Teruko. After his research at the University of California, Berkeley, and in France, he was appointed as professor of molecular oncology at the Rockefeller University in 1973, and returned to Japan in 1998, becoming director at the Osaka Bioscience Institute. He was a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences and a member of the Japan Academy. He died on March 15, 2009, of liver cancer, at the age of 79.

Awards 1982: Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research 1983: Asahi Prize 1986: G.H. Clowes Memorial award, American Association for Cancer Research 1993: Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize 1995: Order of Culture 2000: Doctorate of Science, honoris causa, Rockefeller University

See also List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (Medical genetics, hematology, and oncology)

References

External links "Hidesaburo Hanafusa". The Rockefeller University.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hidesaburo Hanafusa

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hidesaburo Hanafusa 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 Hidesaburo Hanafusa 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 Hidesaburo Hanafusa 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 Hidesaburo Hanafusa

In research: Hidesaburo Hanafusa 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 Hidesaburo Hanafusa 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: Hidesaburo Hanafusa is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1929 births, 2009 deaths, Cancer researchers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hidesaburo Hanafusa 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 Hidesaburo Hanafusa in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Hidesaburo Hanafusa 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 Hidesaburo Hanafusa in simple terms?

Why does Hidesaburo Hanafusa 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 Hidesaburo Hanafusa?

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 Hidesaburo Hanafusa.