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Paul Gallant

Paul Gallant 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 Paul Gallant rather than just read about it. In short: Paul-Émile Gallant (July 17, 1944 – September 13, 2011) was a Canadian entrepreneur who developed Puzz 3D three-dimensional jigsaw puzzles. He is also credited with inventing both the Wrebbit Puzzle Machine, which is now known as the Puzzle Shots Factory, and the Perfalock flat foam puzzle.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Paul-Émile Gallant (July 17, 1944 – September 13, 2011) was a Canadian entrepreneur who developed Puzz 3D three-dimensional jigsaw puzzles. He is also credited with inventing both the Wrebbit Puzzle Machine, which is now known as the Puzzle Shots Factory, and the Perfalock flat foam puzzle. Gallant was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick. He initially began his career in the music industry, which lasted approximately eighteen years. Gallant worked for Trans Canada Musique, Columbia Records (a division of Sony Music) and the CBC. Gallant switched careers and began working in the toy industry in the late 1980s. He began working on a new concept for the traditional puzzle, but involving 3D solutions inspired by commercial design. Gallant reportedly completed his prototype for what would be called Puzz-3D after one year of design. In 1989, Gallant laminated polyethylene foam, the same type used to insulate airliner cockpits, with paper and built his first 3D puzzle (a miniature wall) on his kitchen table. His new Puzz 3D puzzles, which often could be built into models of actual buildings and other landmark structures, could be placed on display indefinitely after completion. He founded his own company for Puzz 3D, which he called Wrebbit Inc., in partnership with Rene Binette. The logo for Wrebbit became an easily identifiable frog. The three dimensional product line was launched at the Canadian Toy & Hobby Fair in 1992. A crucial entry to the US market started when Gallant drove from Montreal to New York's FAO Schwarz, the oldest toy store in the US, in September 1991 and convinced their toy buyer to immediately order 72 puzzles. Gallant spearheaded the expansion of Wrebbit and its keystone toy, Puzz 3D, throughout Canada and elsewhere in the world. The Puzz 3D product line was made in Canada, but sold in more than 40 countries worldwide. Approximately 30 million Puzz 3D puzzles were bought by global consumers by 2000. Irwin Toys purchased Wrebbit in 2001, but Irwin Toys went out of business in 2002 and Gallant once again became the owner of Wrebbit and Puzz 3D. Gallant sold Wrebbit and its product lines to the international toy manufacturer, Hasbro, in 2005. Gallant was awarded the Canada Export Achievement Award in 1995. The following year, he became the recipient of the Canada-America Business Achievement Award in 1996. In 2008, Gallant was inducted into the Canadian Toy Industry Hall of Fame. Gallant died on September 13, 2011, in Laval, Quebec, at the age of 67 due to brain cancer. He was survived by his three children, ten grandchildren and two sisters. His wife, Françoise, died in 2010.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Paul Gallant

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Paul Gallant 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 Paul Gallant 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 Paul Gallant 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 Paul Gallant

In research: Paul Gallant 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 Paul Gallant 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: Paul Gallant is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1944 births, 2011 deaths, Businesspeople from New Brunswick, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Paul Gallant 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 Paul Gallant in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Paul Gallant 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 Paul Gallant out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Paul Gallant in simple terms?

Why does Paul Gallant 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 Paul Gallant?

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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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Paul Gallant.