astronomy

Hu Yamei

Hu Yamei 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 Hu Yamei rather than just read about it. In short: Hu Yamei (Chinese: 胡亚美; 27 April 1923 – 3 October 2019) was a Chinese physician and medical researcher. She served as President of Beijing Children's Hospital, and co-founded Beijing Hu Yamei Children's Medical Research Institute (BHI).

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Hu Yamei (Chinese: 胡亚美; 27 April 1923 – 3 October 2019) was a Chinese physician and medical researcher. She served as President of Beijing Children's Hospital, and co-founded Beijing Hu Yamei Children's Medical Research Institute (BHI). She was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. A specialist in the treatment of pediatric leukemia, she cured more than 700 children.

Biography Hu was born into a wealthy businessman's family on April 27, 1923. In 1941 she was accepted to Yenching University, and transferred to Peking University in March of the following year. In 1946, she joined the underground organization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Shortly after joining the Communist Party, she came to practice at the Beijing Private Children's Hospital. Hu has pioneered research on childhood leukemia in China since 1976., when she was 53 years old. In 1981, Hu became president of Beijing Children's Hospital, a affiliated hospital of the Capital Normal University. Hu was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) in 1994. In 2011, Hu founded the Beijing Hu Yamei Children's Medical Research Institute (BHI) with academician Zhang Jinzhe. On August 6, 2009, the then Premier Wen Jiabao visited her in Beijing. Hu died of illness in Beijing, aged 96. Hu was a delegate to the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th National People's Congress. Hu was also a delegate to the 12th and 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Awards Title of March 8th Red Banner May 1st Labor Medal

References

External links Biography of Hu Yamei on Wiley Online Library

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hu Yamei

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hu Yamei 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 Hu Yamei 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 Hu Yamei 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 Hu Yamei

In research: Hu Yamei 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 Hu Yamei 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: Hu Yamei is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1923 births, 2019 deaths, 20th-century Chinese medical doctors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hu Yamei 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 Hu Yamei in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Hu Yamei 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.
Explain Hu Yamei out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Hu Yamei in simple terms?

Why does Hu Yamei 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 Hu Yamei?

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 Hu Yamei.