astronomy

Paris Pişmiş

Paris Pişmiş 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 Paris Pişmiş rather than just read about it. In short: Marie Paris Pişmiş de Recillas (Armenian: Բարիզ Փիշմիշ, 30 January 1911 – 1 August 1999) was a Turkish-Mexican astronomer. Pişmiş was born Mari Sukiasian (Armenian: Մարի Սուքիասեան) in 1911, in Ortaköy, Istanbul.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Paris Pişmiş from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Marie Paris Pişmiş de Recillas (Armenian: Բարիզ Փիշմիշ, 30 January 1911 – 1 August 1999) was a Turkish-Mexican astronomer. Pişmiş was born Mari Sukiasian (Armenian: Մարի Սուքիասեան) in 1911, in Ortaköy, Istanbul. She completed her high school studies at Üsküdar American Academy. In 1937, she became the first woman to get a Ph.D. from the Science Faculty of Istanbul University. Her advisor was Erwin Finlay Freundlich. Later, she went to Harvard University where she met her future husband Félix Recillas, a Mexican mathematician. They settled in Mexico, and she became the first professional astronomer in Mexico. According to Dorrit Hoffleit, "she is the one person most influential in establishing Mexico’s importance in astronomical education and research". For more than 50 years she worked at UNAM which awarded her a number of prizes including the "Science Teaching Prize". She was a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Pişmiş studied among others the kinematics of galaxies, H II nebulae, the structure of open star clusters and planetary nebulae. She compiled the catalogue Pismis of 24 open clusters and 2 globular clusters in the southern hemisphere. In 1998, she published an autobiography entitled "Reminiscences in the Life of Paris Pişmiş: a Woman Astronomer". She died in 1999. According to her wish, she was cremated. Her daughter Elsa Recillas Pishmish, son-in-law Carlos Cruz-González, and grand-daughter Irene Cruz-González also became astronomers.

References

Further reading Dorrit Hoffleit (2005). "Two Turkish lady astronomers". Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. 33 (2): 127–129. Bibcode:2005JAVSO..33..127H. Silvia Torres Peimbert (1999). "Obituary: Paris Marie Pismis, 1911-1999". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 31 (5): 1607. Bibcode:1999BAAS...31.1607T.

External links Biography (in Spanish) Bülent Uyar on Paris Pişmiş (in Turkish) İspanyol.com (in Turkish) Web page about Pişmiş catalogue of star clusters

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Paris Pişmiş

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Paris Pişmiş 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 Paris Pişmiş 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 Paris Pişmiş 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 Paris Pişmiş

In research: Paris Pişmiş 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 Paris Pişmiş 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: Paris Pişmiş is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1911 births, 1999 deaths, 20th-century astronomers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Paris Pişmiş 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 Paris Pişmiş in 20 minutes

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

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Why does Paris Pişmiş 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 Paris Pişmiş?

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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