biology

Max Poll

Max Poll is a biology 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 Poll rather than just read about it. In short: Max Fernand Leon Poll (21 July 1908 in Ruisbroek – 13 March 1991 in Uccle) was a Belgian ichthyologist who specialised in the Cichlidae. In the years 1946 and 1947 he organised an expedition to Lake Tanganyika.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Max Fernand Leon Poll (21 July 1908 in Ruisbroek – 13 March 1991 in Uccle) was a Belgian ichthyologist who specialised in the Cichlidae. In the years 1946 and 1947 he organised an expedition to Lake Tanganyika. He has described several species of Pseudocrenilabrinae, such as Lamprologus signatus, Steatocranus casuarius, Neolamprologus brichardi, and Neolamprologus pulcher. He was a member of The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium, professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, and conservator at the Royal Museum of the Belgian Congo in Tervuren. He was an honorary member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

Taxon named in his honor Named after him are species and taxa such as:

The African Lanternshark Etmopterus polli Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953, Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950, Pollichthys Grey, 1959, Polyipnus polli Schultz, 1961, The Catfish Microsynodontis polli J. G. Lambert, 1958. The African Catfish Synodontis polli Gosse, 1982. Placidochromis polli (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973) The African Tetra Phenacogrammus polli J. G. Lambert, 1961. The bichir Polypterus polli J. P. Gosse, 1988

Taxon described by him See Category:Taxa named by Max Poll

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Max Poll

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

In research: Max Poll appears in biology 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 Poll 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 Poll is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1908 births, 1991 deaths, 20th-century Belgian zoologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Max Poll 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 Poll in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Max Poll means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Max Poll out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Max Poll in simple terms?

Why does Max Poll matter?

Because it connects several biology 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 Poll?

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 Poll.