astronomy

Mary Burnell

Mary Burnell 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 Mary Burnell rather than just read about it. In short: Mary Burnell (February 21, 1907 - August 25, 1996) was an anaesthetist who worked with both adults and children. She is known for her work advocating for pediatric anaesthesia specialists.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Mary Burnell (February 21, 1907 - August 25, 1996) was an anaesthetist who worked with both adults and children. She is known for her work advocating for pediatric anaesthesia specialists.

Early life and education Mary Taylor Angel was born on February 21, 1907, in Norwood, South Australia. For schooling she first attended the St Peters Collegiate Girls School. Upon graduated, she began at the University of Adelaide where she first studied science before shifting to medicine. She received her degree in 1931.

Career After graduation, she became a resident medical officer at the Adelaide Children’s Hospital in 1932 and 1933. She was the first woman to join the newly-founded Australian Society of Anaesthetists in 1935, and in 1937 she withdrew from medicine to focus on her domestic life. With the advent of World War II, she re-started her work in medicine at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. During this time she was the only anaesthetist at the hospital. In 1953 Burnell was elected as president of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists and in 1966 she was named dean of the Faculty of Anaesthetists, the first woman to hold the position of dean.

Awards and honors In 1955 she was elected to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, where she would be named an honorary life member in 1973. In 1968, she was also awarded a fellowship of the Faculty of Anaesthetists by the Royal College of Surgeons in recognition of her efforts in fostering overseas connections.

Personal life She married G.H. Burnell, one of her tutors in medicine at Adelaide University, in 1934.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mary Burnell

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mary Burnell 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 Mary Burnell 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 Mary Burnell 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 Mary Burnell

In research: Mary Burnell 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 Mary Burnell 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: Mary Burnell is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1907 births, 1996 deaths, 20th-century surgeons, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mary Burnell 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 Mary Burnell in 20 minutes

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

What is Mary Burnell in simple terms?

Mary Burnell (February 21, 1907 - August 25, 1996) was an anaesthetist who worked with both adults and children. She is known for her work advocating for pediatric anaesthesia specialists.

Why does Mary Burnell 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 Mary Burnell?

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 Mary Burnell.