science

Laura Krantz

Laura Krantz is a science 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 Laura Krantz rather than just read about it. In short: Laura Krantz (born 1978) is an American journalist, podcaster, and author most known for being the host of the podcast Wild Thing. She is also the co-founder of the media company Foxtopus Ink.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Laura Krantz (born 1978) is an American journalist, podcaster, and author most known for being the host of the podcast Wild Thing. She is also the co-founder of the media company Foxtopus Ink. Krantz grew up in Idaho and graduated from Whitman College in Washington in 2000. She previously worked as an editor of a radio show on KPCC (FM) and was an editor and producer at National Public Radio (NPR), where she worked on shows such as Morning Edition and Weekend Edition. Her work at NPR covered subject areas such as foreign policy, politics, technology, and literature. Krantz hosts a podcast called Wild Thing, which is produced independently by her. The first season aired in 2018 and documents Krantz's discovery that she is related to anthropologist Grover Krantz, who was one of the world's foremost experts on the cryptozoological creature Bigfoot. The podcast began as her reluctant foray into understanding the cultural fascination with Sasquatch, as well as how the creature might have evolved and various attempts to track it down. Subsequent seasons explored the possibility of extraterrestrial life, and the viability of nuclear power. Krantz went on to write children's books based on the podcast. The Atlantic listed Wild Thing as one of the best podcasts of 2018.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Laura Krantz

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Laura Krantz claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, 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 Laura Krantz 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 Laura Krantz 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 Laura Krantz

In research: Laura Krantz appears in science 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 Laura Krantz 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: Laura Krantz is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1978 births, 21st-century American journalists, 21st-century American women journalists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Laura Krantz 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 Laura Krantz in 20 minutes

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

Frequently asked questions

What is Laura Krantz in simple terms?

Laura Krantz (born 1978) is an American journalist, podcaster, and author most known for being the host of the podcast Wild Thing. She is also the co-founder of the media company Foxtopus Ink.

Why does Laura Krantz matter?

Because it connects several science 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 Laura Krantz?

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 Laura Krantz.