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Leslie Kanes Weisman

Leslie Kanes Weisman 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 Leslie Kanes Weisman rather than just read about it. In short: Leslie Kanes Weisman (born 1945) is an American architecture educator, activist and community planning department official. Weisman was one of the founding faculty members of the New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture in Newark, New Jersey.

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Reference excerpt

Leslie Kanes Weisman (born 1945) is an American architecture educator, activist and community planning department official. Weisman was one of the founding faculty members of the New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture in Newark, New Jersey. She was also one of the founders of the Women's School of Planning and Architecture.

Life Weisman was born in 1945. She was an assistant professor at University of Detroit from 1968 to 1975. Weisman joined the faculty at New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1975 as an associate professor of architecture. She served as associate dean from 1984 to 1985 and was promoted to professor of architecture in 1998. Weisman was a visiting professor of women's studies at Brooklyn College in 1980. She was involved with Heresies 11, "Making Room: Women and Architecture". She has been instrumental in creating and promoting universal design applications for design practice and pedagogical models for design teaching. She retired around 2000, and moved to Southold, New York, where she has played an instrumental role on the local zoning commission.

Selected works

Books Weisman, Leslie (1992). Discrimination by Design: A Feminist Critique of the Man-made Environment. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-01849-7. Agrest, Diana; Weisman, Leslie; Conway, Patricia, eds. (1996). Sex of Architecture. Contributors: Beatriz Colomina, Diana Balmori, Jennifer Bloomer, Joan Ockman. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-2683-7.

Journal articles Weisman, Leslie Kanes. Our Architecture Ourselves, On The Issues Magazine (Winter 2009). Interview with Cristina Cerulli and Florian Kossak, "Educator, Activist, Politician', field: a free journal for architecture, 3 (2009) "Women's Environmental rights." Making Room: Women and Architecture. Heresies no. 11 (1981: 6-8). Weisman, Leslie Kanes and Noel Phyllis Birkby. "Women's Fantasy Environment: Notes on a Project in Process." Heresies 2(May 1977): 116-117. "Patriarchitecture and Feminist Fantasies." Liberation 19, no 8 & 9 (Spring 1976): 45-52. "A Woman Built Environment: Constructive Fantasies, Quest 2, no. 1 (Summer 1975): 7-18.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Leslie Kanes Weisman

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Leslie Kanes Weisman 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 Leslie Kanes Weisman 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 Leslie Kanes Weisman 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 Leslie Kanes Weisman

In research
Leslie Kanes Weisman 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 Leslie Kanes Weisman 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
Leslie Kanes Weisman is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1945 births, 20th-century American educators, 20th-century American women educators, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life
Look for Leslie Kanes Weisman 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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Frequently asked questions

What is Leslie Kanes Weisman in simple terms?

Leslie Kanes Weisman (born 1945) is an American architecture educator, activist and community planning department official. Weisman was one of the founding faculty members of the New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture in Newark, New Jersey.

Why does Leslie Kanes Weisman 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 Leslie Kanes Weisman?

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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