astronomy

Martyn Lucking

Martyn Lucking 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 Martyn Lucking rather than just read about it. In short: Martyn Taylor Lucking (born 24 March 1938) is a British former shot putter, who became an anti-doping campaigner and tester in Athletics working for the British Athletics Federation. Biography Lucking finished third behind Arthur Rowe in the shot put event at the 1957 AAA Championships and finished behind Arthur Rowe every year from 1958 to 1961.

Key takeaways

Martyn Lucking belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
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Reproduce the core statement of Martyn Lucking from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Martyn Taylor Lucking (born 24 March 1938) is a British former shot putter, who became an anti-doping campaigner and tester in Athletics working for the British Athletics Federation.

Biography Lucking finished third behind Arthur Rowe in the shot put event at the 1957 AAA Championships and finished behind Arthur Rowe every year from 1958 to 1961. In between at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he represented Great Britain in the shot put competition. Lucking then finished runner-up for three consecutive years at the AAA Championships but because he was the highest placed British athlete in 1962 and 1964 he was considered the British shot put champion. He topped the podium for England at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, improving on his runner-up finish to Arthur Rowe when he represented the England athletics team at the 1958 Games. He also represented Great Britain twice at the European Athletics Championships, competed in the same years as his Commonwealth appearances. At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he represented Great Britain again in the shot put competition. He later represented England in the shot put, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lucking was the second UK athlete to throw over 60 feet.

Anti-doping During the Tokyo Olympic games in 1964, Lucking who was a qualified doctor, felt intimidated against the huge competitors, and found out from them that their weight gain and improved performances had come from taking anabolic steroids. Lucking went to the chair of the British Amateur Athletics Board, Sir Arthur Gold, and they both discovered that there were no rules against using the drugs and so therefore not illegal. Sir Arthur Gold then took this up with both the International Athletics Federation and the International Olympic Committee, and within a few years they were banned after a report from Arthur Porritt, which Lucking had helped write. Lucking would later work as a drug tester for the British Athletics Federation, and was a defendant as part of the Diane Modahl legal case as he was the chair of the disciplinary panel that had found her guilty.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Martyn Lucking

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Martyn Lucking 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 Martyn Lucking 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 Martyn Lucking 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 Martyn Lucking

In research: Martyn Lucking 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 Martyn Lucking 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: Martyn Lucking is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1938 births, Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Martyn Lucking 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 Martyn Lucking in 20 minutes

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

What is Martyn Lucking in simple terms?

Martyn Taylor Lucking (born 24 March 1938) is a British former shot putter, who became an anti-doping campaigner and tester in Athletics working for the British Athletics Federation. Biography Lucking finished third behind Arthur Rowe in the shot put event at the 1957 AAA Championships and finished…

Why does Martyn Lucking 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 Martyn Lucking?

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 Martyn Lucking.