astronomy

Marta Burgay

Marta Burgay 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 Marta Burgay rather than just read about it. In short: Marta Burgay (born 30 November 1976, Turin) is an Italian radio astronomer. Her initial claim to fame was being the discoverer of PSR J0737-3039, the first double pulsar (two pulsars orbiting each other), through using the 64-metre Parkes radio telescope in Australia.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Marta Burgay (born 30 November 1976, Turin) is an Italian radio astronomer. Her initial claim to fame was being the discoverer of PSR J0737-3039, the first double pulsar (two pulsars orbiting each other), through using the 64-metre Parkes radio telescope in Australia.

Education In 1995, she graduated from Liceo Classico XVI Febbraio: Aosta, specialising in classical studies. In 2000, she graduated from University of Bologna with a Laurea degree in Astronomy. In 2004 she obtained her Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Bologna.

Awards and honours Her thesis on radio pulsars won the 2005 Pietro Tacchini Prize, awarded by the Italian Astronomical Society (Italian: Società Astronomica Italiana) for the best Ph.D. thesis. In 2005, she was part of the international group PulSE (Pulsar Science in Europe) awarded the Descartes Prize for "Excellence in collaborative scientific research" In 2006, she became the first winner of the IUPAP's Young Scientists Prize in Astrophysics award. In 2006, she was awarded the SIGRAV prize for contribution to General Relativity and Gravitational Astrophysics. In 2010, she was honoured with the Vainu Bappu Gold Medal by the Astronomical Society of India. Asteroid 198634 Burgaymarta, discovered at Vallemare di Borbona in 2005, was named in her honour .The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 5 October 2017 (M.P.C. 106503). In 2011, she was awarded the Marisa Bellisario prize, entitled "Women, Innovation, and Human Capital".

References

External links Gold, Lauren (August 18, 2005), "Weeklong summer school brings students and researchers to Arecibo Observatory to learn and to wonder", News Service, Cornell University, retrieved 2012-01-03

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Marta Burgay

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Marta Burgay 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 Marta Burgay 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 Marta Burgay 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 Marta Burgay

In research: Marta Burgay 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 Marta Burgay 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: Marta Burgay is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1976 births, 21st-century Italian astronomers, Italian women astronomers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Marta Burgay 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 Marta Burgay in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Marta Burgay 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 Marta Burgay?

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 Marta Burgay.