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Max Hirmer

Max Hirmer is a science 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 Max Hirmer rather than just read about it. In short: Max Hirmer (14 April 1893 in Straubing – 17 April 1981) was a German botanist, publisher and photographer. Hirmer was born on 14 April 1893 in Straubing.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Max Hirmer (14 April 1893 in Straubing – 17 April 1981) was a German botanist, publisher and photographer. Hirmer was born on 14 April 1893 in Straubing. After graduating from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich in 1913, he studied archaeology, art history and natural sciences. Hirmer received his doctorate from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1917 and his habilitation in 1922. He was an adjunct professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München from 1928 but was dismissed by the Nazis in 1936 for political reasons. Hirmer died on 17 April 1981, 88 years old. Hirmer wrote a number of works of botany including a book and many articles on phyllotaxis. As a photographer, Hirmer worked mainly in the field of art and archaeology. In 1948, he, together with his wife Aenne (1912–2017), founded the Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliches Lichtbild, or Society for the Scientific Photographic Image. This became the Hirmer-Verlag publishing house, which published numerous art studies and illustrated books. Hirmer's own books published with the firm included Ägypten. Architektur, Plastik, Malerei in drei Jahrtausenden (Egypt: Three Millennia of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting) for which he provided the photographs. The standard author abbreviation Hirmer is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Selected works Zur Lösung des Problems der Blattstellungen, 1922. Handbuch der Paläobotanik (in German), Oldenbourg, München, 1927{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) With Eberhard Otto and Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt: Ägypten: Architektur, Plastik, Malerei in drei Jahrtausenden., 1955; vierte neu bearbeitete und sehr erweiterte Auflage, Hirmer, München 1967; republished as Ägyptische Kunst., Taschenbuch, München 1971, ISBN 3-423-04092-0 and ISBN 3-423-04093-9.

References

External links Literature by and about Max Hirmer in the German National Library catalogue Works by and about Max Hirmer in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) Hirmer Verlag

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Max Hirmer

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Max Hirmer claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, 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 Max Hirmer 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 Max Hirmer 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 Max Hirmer

In research: Max Hirmer appears in science 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 Max Hirmer 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: Max Hirmer is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1893 births, 1981 deaths, 20th-century German botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Max Hirmer 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 Max Hirmer in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Max Hirmer means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Max Hirmer in simple terms?

Max Hirmer (14 April 1893 in Straubing – 17 April 1981) was a German botanist, publisher and photographer. Hirmer was born on 14 April 1893 in Straubing.

Why does Max Hirmer matter?

Because it connects several science 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 Max Hirmer?

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 Max Hirmer.