astronomy

Peter Uvin

Peter Uvin 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 Peter Uvin rather than just read about it. In short: Peter Uvin (born 1962) is a Belgian-born American political scientist. He is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Peter Uvin (born 1962) is a Belgian-born American political scientist. He is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. He was the vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty. He resigned that position on 28 August 2020. He is the author of four books, including Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda, which won the Herskovits Prize of the African Studies Association in 1999.

Education and career Uvin earned a licentiate in diplomatic science from the University of Ghent in 1984, and a second licentiate in political science from the same university in 1985. After studying at the Stockholm University, he earned a PhD in political science at the University of Geneva's Graduate Institute of International Studies in 1991. After several visiting positions he joined Brown University as Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor in 1994. Uvin became Henry Leir Professor in Humanitarian Studies at Tufts University in 2000, and academic dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts from 2007 to 2013. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2006. In 2013 he was hired by Amherst College as its first provost. He moved again to Claremont McKenna in 2015.

Books Uvin is the author of:

The International Organization of Hunger (Kegen Paul International, 1994) Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda (Kumarian Press, 1998) Human Rights and Development (Kumarian Press, 2004) Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi (Zed Books, 2013)

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Peter Uvin

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Peter Uvin 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 Peter Uvin 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 Peter Uvin 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 Peter Uvin

In research: Peter Uvin 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 Peter Uvin 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: Peter Uvin is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1962 births, 20th-century American political scientists, 21st-century American political scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Peter Uvin 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 Peter Uvin in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Peter Uvin in simple terms?

Peter Uvin (born 1962) is a Belgian-born American political scientist. He is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College.

Why does Peter Uvin 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 Peter Uvin?

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 Peter Uvin.