astronomy

Marjorie Clarke

Marjorie Clarke 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 Marjorie Clarke rather than just read about it. In short: Marjorie J. "Maggie" Clarke is an American environmental scientist who specializes in recycling participation, waste prevention methods, waste-to-energy/incinerator emissions controls, environmental impacts of the World Trade Center fires and collapse, and community botanical gardening. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks she has focused on increasing participation in New York City's waste prevention and recycling…

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Marjorie J. "Maggie" Clarke is an American environmental scientist who specializes in recycling participation, waste prevention methods, waste-to-energy/incinerator emissions controls, environmental impacts of the World Trade Center fires and collapse, and community botanical gardening. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks she has focused on increasing participation in New York City's waste prevention and recycling programs.

Early life and education She was born on July 14, 1953, in Miami, Florida. She graduated in 1975 with a B.A. in geology from Smith College. She received an M.S. in environmental science from Johns Hopkins University in 1978 and in energy technology from New York University in 1982. She completed a Ph.D. in 2000 for environmental sciences.

Career and research Clarke was the Department of Sanitation's specialist on emissions from incinerators from 1984 to 1988 and served on a National Academy of Sciences committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration. From 2002 to 2004, she was a scientist-in-residence and adjunct assistant professor at Lehman College, and an adjunct professor at Hunter College, City University of New York from 1996 to 2005. In 2004, Clarke co-chaired a committee on waste prevention and reuse helping write and edit parts of the publication Reaching for Zero: The Citizens Plan for Zero Waste in New York City. Clarke is a persistent questioner of United States Environmental Protection Agency's claims about the safety of the World Trade Center site. She also conceived and garnered support for a New York City local law to eliminate 2200 apartment building incinerators which was signed into law in 1989.

NGO participation Clarke has been chair or vice chair of the Manhattan Citizens' Solid Waste Advisory Board for 8 of the years since its inception in 1990. She co-founded and has been president of the Riverside-Inwood Neighborhood Garden (RING), a volunteer botanical garden in Upper Manhattan, since 1984.

See also Health effects arising from the September 11, 2001 attacks

References

External links www.maggieclarkeenvironmental.com - Papers and testimony

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Marjorie Clarke

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Marjorie Clarke 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 Marjorie Clarke 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 Marjorie Clarke 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 Marjorie Clarke

In research: Marjorie Clarke 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 Marjorie Clarke 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: Marjorie Clarke is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1953 births, 21st-century American women, American environmental scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Marjorie Clarke 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 Marjorie Clarke in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Marjorie Clarke 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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