astronomy

Jack Rechcigl

Jack Rechcigl 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 Jack Rechcigl rather than just read about it. In short: John "Jack" Edward Rechcigl (born February 27, 1960) is an American agronomist and environmental scientist. He is a professor and research administrator at the University of Florida.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

John "Jack" Edward Rechcigl (born February 27, 1960) is an American agronomist and environmental scientist. He is a professor and research administrator at the University of Florida. His work has included agricultural research in soil science, fertilizer management, and water quality.

Early life and education Rechcigl was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Rockville, Maryland. His parents, Mila Rechcigl and Eva Edwards Rechcigl, were refugees from Communist and Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in botany from the University of Delaware in 1982 and continued his studies in pedology at Virginia Tech, receiving a master's degree in 1983 and a PhD in 1986.

Career Rechcigl joined the University of Florida in 1986 as an assistant professor of Soil Science and Water Quality. He was promoted to associate professor in 1991 and full professor in 1996. In 1999, he was named a University of Florida Research Foundation Professor. In 2000, he was appointed associate director of the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences in Bradenton, Florida. He later completed administrative training at Harvard University and became center director in 2001. Rechcigl was the interim director of the Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center (FLREC) since 2020 and became the center director in 2021. Professionally, Rechcigl was elected a fellow of the American Society of Agronomy in 1998, and the Soil Science Society of America in 1999. He was also elected as a fellow of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in 2003.

Authorship Rechigl edited or co-edited five books for the Agriculture and Environment series, published by Lewis/CRC Press:

Rechcigl, Jack E., ed. (1995). Soil Amendments: Impacts on Biotic System. Boca Raton, Florida: Lewis Publishers. ISBN 0873718607. Rechcigl, Jack E., ed. (1995). Soil Amendments and Environmental Quality. Boca Raton, Florida: Lewis Publishers. ISBN 0873718593. Rechcigl, Jack E., ed. (1997). Environmentally Safe Approaches to Crop Disease Control. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 0849326273. (with Nancy A. Rechcigl) Rechcigl, Jack E., ed. (1998). Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 1566704790. (with Nancy A. Rechcigl) Rechcigl, Jack E., ed. (1999). Insect Pest Management: Techniques for Environmental Protection. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 9781566704786. (with Nancy A. Rechcigl)

References

External links Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center Jack Rechcigl publications indexed by Google Scholar

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jack Rechcigl

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jack Rechcigl 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 Jack Rechcigl 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 Jack Rechcigl 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 Jack Rechcigl

In research: Jack Rechcigl 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 Jack Rechcigl 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: Jack Rechcigl is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1960 births, 21st-century American agronomists, Academics from Maryland, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jack Rechcigl 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 Jack Rechcigl in 20 minutes

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

Frequently asked questions

What is Jack Rechcigl in simple terms?

John "Jack" Edward Rechcigl (born February 27, 1960) is an American agronomist and environmental scientist. He is a professor and research administrator at the University of Florida.

Why does Jack Rechcigl 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 Jack Rechcigl?

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 Jack Rechcigl.