astronomy

Martin Glaessner

Martin Glaessner 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 Martin Glaessner rather than just read about it. In short: Martin Fritz Glaessner (25 December 1906 – 23 November 1989) was a geologist and palaeontologist. Born and educated in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he spent the majority of his life in working for geoscientific institutes in Austria, Russia, Australia, and studying the geology of the South Pacific in Papua New Guinea and[Australia.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Martin Fritz Glaessner (25 December 1906 – 23 November 1989) was a geologist and palaeontologist. Born and educated in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he spent the majority of his life in working for geoscientific institutes in Austria, Russia, Australia, and studying the geology of the South Pacific in Papua New Guinea and[Australia. Glaessner also did early work on the classification of the pre-Cambrian lifeforms now known as the Ediacaran biota, which he proposed were the early antecedents of modern lifeforms.

Life and career Glaessner was born in Aussig in the former Kingdom of Bohemia of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic). He was a research associate at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna from 1923 to 1932, and starting in 1925, attended the University of Vienna, where he received a doctorate in law in 1929, and a Ph.D. in geology and paleontology in 1931. He was a research associate at the Natural History Museum, London from 1930 to 1931. In 1932, he moved to Moscow and began working in petrogeology at the State Petroleum Research Institute until 1934. From 1934 to 1937, he worked as a Senior Research Officer at the Institute of Mineral Fuels of the Russian Academy of Sciences and was also a part-time lecturer at the University of Moscow's Moscow Petroleum Institute and Palaeontological Institute in 1936. Glaessner married Tina Tupikina in 1936, and moved back to Vienna in December late 1937. Of Jewish descent on his father's side, he was arrested on 19 March 1938 but released to work at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in London. Later in 1938, he moved to Port Moresby, Territory of New Guinea (then under Australian control), where he worked for joint oil exploration companies until 1950. He held various positions at the University of Adelaide from 1950 to 1989, including chair of Geology and Palaeontology in 1964. He was an associate at the South Australian Museum from 1953 to 1989.

Awards Glaessner received the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society, the Walcott Medal of the National Academy of Sciences in 1982, the Verco Medal awarded by the Royal Society of South Australia (1970), and the Eduard Suess Medal of the Geological Society of Austria (1985). He became a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1957 and was on its council from 1960 to 1962. He was a chairman of the National Committee of Geological Sciences from 1962 to 1977. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1985. He was an Honorary Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History from 1950 to 1970.

Major publications Crustacea Decapoda (1930) Principles of Micropalaeontology (1945) Field Guide to the Study of Larger Foraminifera Time-stratigraphy and the Miocene Epoch Stratigraphic nomenclature in Australia Three foraminiferal zones in the Tertiary of Australia The Dawn of Animal Life (1984)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Martin Glaessner

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Martin Glaessner 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 Martin Glaessner 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 Martin Glaessner 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 Martin Glaessner

In research: Martin Glaessner 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 Martin Glaessner 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: Martin Glaessner is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1906 births, 1989 deaths, 20th-century Australian geologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Martin Glaessner 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 Martin Glaessner 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 Martin Glaessner 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 Martin Glaessner?

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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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Martin Glaessner.