astronomy

Jules Angst

Jules Angst 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 Jules Angst rather than just read about it. In short: Jules Angst (11 December 1926 – 15 May 2026) was a Swiss academic who was a Professor of Psychiatry at Zurich University in Zurich, Switzerland, and Honorary Doctor of Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany. Life and career Angst was born on 11 December 1926 in Zurich, where he also grew up.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Jules Angst (11 December 1926 – 15 May 2026) was a Swiss academic who was a Professor of Psychiatry at Zurich University in Zurich, Switzerland, and Honorary Doctor of Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany.

Life and career Angst was born on 11 December 1926 in Zurich, where he also grew up. He completed his medical and psychiatric training in Zurich under his mentor, Professor Manfred Bleuler (son and student of Eugen Bleuler). From 1969 to 1994, Jules Angst was Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the University of Zurich Medical School and Head of the Research Department of Zurich University Psychiatric Hospital (the Burghölzli). He continued uninterrupted his epidemiological and clinical research at the University (Universitätsklinik) since leaving his Chair. He has remained the President of the European Bipolar Forum since 2003. His scientific contributions include 15 books (as author and/or editor), 154 book chapters, and 539 journal articles. Angst died on 15 May 2026, at the age of 99.

Awards Jules Angst received many awards in recognition of his work, including the Anna Monika Awards (1967/1969), Paul Martini Prize for Methodology in Medicine (1969), Otto Naegeli Prize (1983), Eric Stromgren Medal (1987), the Emil Kraepelin Medal of the Max Planck Institute, Munich (1992), the Jean Delay Prize of the World Psychiatric Association (2017), and the Wilhelm Griesinger Medal of the DGPPN (German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (2018). Other awards include the Selo Prize NARSAD/Depression Research, USA (1994), Mogens Schou Award for Research in Bipolar Disorder, USA (2001), Burgholzli Award for Social Psychiatry (2001), the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (2002), Lifetime Achievement Award of the European Bipolar Forum (2006), the Wagner-Jauregg Medal (2007), ECNP Lifetime Achievement Award in Neuropsychopharmacology (2012), Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (2013), and the Joseph Zubin Award of the American Psychopathological Association (2015). In 1999, he was named Honorary Member of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP).

Further reading Angst J (2009) "From psychoanalysis to epidemiology: autobiographical notes" Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 119:87–97 doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01336.x Fink M (2009) Editorial: "Remembering the lost neuroscience of pharmaco-EEG" Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1–13 doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01467.x

References

External links Laudatio für Professor Dr. med. Dr. med. h.c. Jules Angst Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jules Angst

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jules Angst 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 Jules Angst 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 Jules Angst 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 Jules Angst

In research: Jules Angst 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 Jules Angst 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: Jules Angst is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1926 births, 2026 deaths, Academic staff of the University of Zurich, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jules Angst 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 Jules Angst in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Jules Angst 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.

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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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