astronomy

Mohammad Ali Zolfigol

Mohammad Ali Zolfigol 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 Mohammad Ali Zolfigol rather than just read about it. In short: Mohammad Ali Zolfigol (Persian: محمدعلی زلفی‌گل; born February 2, 1966) is an Iranian professor of chemistry and former Minister of Science, Research and Technology from 2021 to 2024. He was the President of Bu-Ali Sina University from August 2, 2008 to June 8, 2014.

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Reference excerpt

Mohammad Ali Zolfigol (Persian: محمدعلی زلفی‌گل; born February 2, 1966) is an Iranian professor of chemistry and former Minister of Science, Research and Technology from 2021 to 2024. He was the President of Bu-Ali Sina University from August 2, 2008 to June 8, 2014. He is also a permanent member of the Academy of Sciences of Iran. In 2022 Zolfigol had four of his research publications retracted by the Royal Society of Chemistry because of concerns regarding the authenticity of chemicals used in the published studies and the reproducibility of the experiments.

References

رؤسای دانشگاه بوعلی سینا از ابتدا تا کنون. (Persian). Official Website of Bu-Ali Sina University. Accessed 14 August 2021 هدایت‌گری خوب برای کشتی آموزش عالی/ چقدر دکتر زلفی‌گل را می‌شناسید؟. (Persian). Fars News Agency. Accessed 14 August 2021 رئیسی فهرست وزرای پیشنهادی دولت سیزدهم را به مجلس معرفی کرد+ سوابق. (Persian). Fars News Agency. Accessed 14 August 2021 List of Ministerial Nominees Presented to Parliament. Financial Tribune. August 11, 2021. Accessed 15 August 2021 President Raisi Introduces Proposed Cabinet to Iranian Parliament. Tasnim News Agency. August 11, 2021. Accessed 15 August 2021 "Personal Page". Bu-Ali Sina University, Faculty of Chemistry

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mohammad Ali Zolfigol

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mohammad Ali Zolfigol 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 Mohammad Ali Zolfigol

In research: Mohammad Ali Zolfigol 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 Mohammad Ali Zolfigol 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: Mohammad Ali Zolfigol is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1966 births, Academic staff of Bu-Ali Sina University, Iranian chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mohammad Ali Zolfigol 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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Frequently asked questions

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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.

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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.

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