astronomy

Jouke de Vries

Jouke de Vries 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 Jouke de Vries rather than just read about it. In short: Jouke de Vries (born 26 September 1960) is a Dutch political scientist, university administrator, and politician. He is chairman of the Executive Board of the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands.

Key takeaways

Jouke de Vries 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 Jouke de Vries from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Jouke de Vries (born 26 September 1960) is a Dutch political scientist, university administrator, and politician. He is chairman of the Executive Board of the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands. Before that he was Dean of the University of Groningen/Campus Fryslân in Leeuwarden.

Biography De Vries was born on 26 September 1960 in Dearsum. He grew up in the village of Balk in Friesland and in 1979 started his studies in political science at the University of Amsterdam. He has been working at the group Leaderships Art at the University of Leiden since 1984. De Vries obtained his PhD in 1989 from H. Daudt and H. Daalder on the thesis he wrote on "Ground Politics" (later made into a book by the same name) and the educational essay "Cabinet Crisis in the Netherlands". In 2002, he was a candidate for the leadership of the Partij van de Arbeid, but got only two percent of the votes of the party members against sixty percent for the chosen leader Wouter Bos. He teaches students at Leiden University in his role as a professor of political science (Dutch: hoogleraar). He regularly speaks to international groups of students, especially exchange students. He is currently a columnist for a Dutch language website, where he writes his own blog each week. Here he writes on recent news from the worlds of politics and economics. De Vries is member of the board of The Hague Institute for Global Justice. De Vries worked in Leeuwarden as dean of University of Groningen/Campus Fryslân until he was promoted to president of the University of Groningen on 1 October 2018. De Vries is married to Margriet Ekens and has two children, son Hidde de Vries and daughter Jildou de Vries.

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External links

Homepage (in Dutch)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jouke de Vries

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jouke de Vries 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 Jouke de Vries 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 Jouke de Vries 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 Jouke de Vries

In research: Jouke de Vries 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 Jouke de Vries 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: Jouke de Vries is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1960 births, Academic staff of Leiden University, Dutch civil servants, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jouke de Vries 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 Jouke de Vries in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Jouke de Vries in simple terms?

Why does Jouke de Vries 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 Jouke de Vries?

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?

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