astronomy

Liao I-chiu

Liao I-chiu 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 Liao I-chiu rather than just read about it. In short: Liao I-chiu (Chinese: 廖一久; pinyin: Liào Yījiǔ) (b. Nov. 4, 1936) is a Taiwanese academic who specializes in commercial aquatic animal breeding and aquaculture.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Liao I-chiu (Chinese: 廖一久; pinyin: Liào Yījiǔ) (b. Nov. 4, 1936) is a Taiwanese academic who specializes in commercial aquatic animal breeding and aquaculture. He is known as the "Father of Shrimp Farming".

Early life and education Liao was born in Tokyo to Taiwanese parents on 4 November 1936, and moved to Taiwan at the age of four. He grew up in Fengyuan, Taichung. In 1962 he went back to Japan to study at the University of Tokyo. He returned to Taiwan in 1968 after earning his Ph.D. in agriculture.

Career In the late 1960s Liao played an important role in developing methods to farm tiger shrimp. In 1968 he was named a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation. Liao is a fellow at Academia Sinica and The World Academy of Sciences and a distinguished professor at National Taiwan Ocean University.

Awards and recognitions In 2012, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Global Aquaculture Alliance. In 2014, Liao was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette by the Japanese Government. In 2019, he was awarded the Nikkei Asia Prize in Science and Technology for his work on shrimp breeding. In 2020, he became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.

See also Maritime industries of Taiwan Aquaculture in Taiwan

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Liao I-chiu

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Liao I-chiu 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 Liao I-chiu 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 Liao I-chiu 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 Liao I-chiu

In research: Liao I-chiu 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 Liao I-chiu 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: Liao I-chiu is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1936 births, Aquaculturists, Fellows of The World Academy of Sciences, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Liao I-chiu 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 Liao I-chiu in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Liao I-chiu 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.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Liao I-chiu in simple terms?

Liao I-chiu (Chinese: 廖一久; pinyin: Liào Yījiǔ) (b. Nov. 4, 1936) is a Taiwanese academic who specializes in commercial aquatic animal breeding and aquaculture.

Why does Liao I-chiu 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 Liao I-chiu?

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 Liao I-chiu.