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Misael Acosta Solís

Misael Acosta Solís 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 Misael Acosta Solís rather than just read about it. In short: Misael Acosta Solís (Ambato, December 16, 1910 – Quito, April, 1994) was an Ecuadorian naturalist. He earned a doctorate degree from the School of Natural Science of the Central University of Ecuador.

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Reference excerpt

Misael Acosta Solís (Ambato, December 16, 1910 – Quito, April, 1994) was an Ecuadorian naturalist. He earned a doctorate degree from the School of Natural Science of the Central University of Ecuador. In 1939, he became a corresponding member of the National Geographic Society of Washington DC. He was the Botanical Director of the Cinchona Mission in Ecuador of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He founded the Forestry Department of Ecuador. He was a professor of Botany and Ecology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. He wrote the 5-volume resource encyclopedia Los recursos naturales del Ecuador y su conservación (English: The Natural Resources of Ecuador and its Conservation), which was awarded the Wallace Atwood Prize from the Pan American Institute of Geography and History, and for which Acosta Solís was awarded the Humboldt Medal from the Culture Department of West Germany. In 1968, botanist Jason Richard Swallen published Acostia which is a genus of South American plants in the grass family, which was named in Misael Acosta Solís's honor. In 1982, Acosta Solís was the recipient of the National Merit Award. In 1989, he was the recipient of Ecuador's highest national prize Premio Eugenio Espejo for his work in the scientific field; it is awarded by the President of Ecuador.

References

Further reading Cuvi, Nicolás. 2005. "Misael Acosta Solís y el conservacionismo en el Ecuador, 1936-1953". Scripta Nova, 15 de junio, v. IX, N.º 191. En http://www.ub.edu/geocrit/sn/sn-191.htm Cuvi, Nicolás. 2005. "La institucionalización del conservacionismo en el Ecuador (1949-1953): Misael Acosta Solís y el Departamento Forestal". Procesos, no. 22 (I y II semestre): 107-129. En http://repositorio.uasb.edu.ec/bitstream/10644/1759/1/RP-22-ES-Cuvi.pdf Pérez Pimentel, Rodolfo: Diccionario Biográfico Ecuador, tomo 15 - Misael Acosta Solís

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Misael Acosta Solís

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Misael Acosta Solís 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 Misael Acosta Solís

In research: Misael Acosta Solís 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 Misael Acosta Solís 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: Misael Acosta Solís is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1910 births, 1994 deaths, 20th-century naturalists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Misael Acosta Solís 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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