astronomy

Hong Gil Nam

Hong Gil Nam 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 Hong Gil Nam rather than just read about it. In short: Hong Gil Nam (Korean: 남홍길; born 1957) is a South Korean biologist teaching in the Department of New Biology of Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology and leading research as director of the Center for Plant Aging Research. His research interests include comparative aging in diverse kingdoms, including plant and animals, to reveal aging mechanisms among species, cross-kingdom interaction between plants a…

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Hong Gil Nam (Korean: 남홍길; born 1957) is a South Korean biologist teaching in the Department of New Biology of Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology and leading research as director of the Center for Plant Aging Research. His research interests include comparative aging in diverse kingdoms, including plant and animals, to reveal aging mechanisms among species, cross-kingdom interaction between plants and animals, and biochemistry at nano and micro levels. He is the founder and former director of the Biological Research Information Center, a member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and has served on the editorial board in Molecular Plant since 2013.

Education Nam did his undergraduate studies in chemistry at Seoul National University and received his Ph.D. degree in the same field from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States, in 1985.

Career From 1986 to 1988, he worked as a research fellow in the Department of Genetics of Harvard Medical School with Howard M. Goodman. He then returned to Korea to start work as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, POSTECH. He later became an assistant professor, full professor, and chair of POSTECH's Department of Life Sciences before being the head of the School of Interdisciplinary Biosciences and Bioengineering (I-BIO) and Hong Deok Distinguished Professor. Outside of his work at POSTECH, he founded and directed the Biological Research Information Center (BRIC) from 1996 to 2005. He left his positions in POSTECH in 2012 to be a full professor in the Department of New Biology, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) and founding director of the Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS).

Awards 2014: Ho-Am Prize in Science, Ho-Am Foundation, South Korea 2010: National Scientist of the Republic of Korea, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and National Research Foundation of Korea 2009: National Academy of Sciences Award, South Korea 2009: 54th National Academy of Science Award in the field of Basic Science, National Academy of Sciences, South Korea 2009: POSCO TJ Park Prize, POSCO TJ Park Foundation, South Korea 2005: Korea Science Award, South Korea 2000: Scientist of the Month, Ministry of Science and ICT and National Research Foundation of Korea

References

External links Center for Plant Aging Research Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Naver 인문검색 - 남홍길

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hong Gil Nam

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hong Gil Nam 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 Hong Gil Nam 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 Hong Gil Nam 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 Hong Gil Nam

In research: Hong Gil Nam 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 Hong Gil Nam 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: Hong Gil Nam is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1957 births, Academic staff of Pohang University of Science and Technology, Botanists active in Asia, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hong Gil Nam 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 Hong Gil Nam in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Hong Gil Nam 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 Hong Gil Nam?

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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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Hong Gil Nam.