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Rudolf Martin (anthropologist)

Rudolf Martin (anthropologist) is a physics 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 Rudolf Martin (anthropologist) rather than just read about it. In short: Rudolf Martin (1 July 1864 – 11 July 1925) was a Swiss anthropologist, specializing in physical anthropology. Martin's second wife, Stefanie Oppenheim, survived him and edited a second (1928) edition of his physical anthropology textbook.

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Reference excerpt

Rudolf Martin (1 July 1864 – 11 July 1925) was a Swiss anthropologist, specializing in physical anthropology. Martin's second wife, Stefanie Oppenheim, survived him and edited a second (1928) edition of his physical anthropology textbook.

Rudolf Martin’s Historical Archive Rudolf Martin was a professor of Physical Anthropology in Munich, who had become inspired by the discovery of the ‘Java Man’ (Pithecanthropus erectus) in 1893 in Java, by the Dutch anthropologist Eugene Dubois. Dubois' publications on the 'Missing Link' became the CenterPoint of the Archive of Rudolf Martin, comprising more than 43,000 historical documents, manuscripts, scientific books and journals. The Archive been safeguarded in 1940 from Germany just before WW II. It went to the Institute of Physical Anthropology of Utrecht University until the institute was discontinued in 1993. After rescuing it from destruction, Slikkerveer became the owner of the oldest palaeo-anthropological archive in the world. After many years of research within the Leiden Ethnosystems and Development Programme (LEAD), he donated the archive on 23 January 2020 to the Naturalis Center of Biodiversity in Leiden.

References

Sources Oetteking, Bruno (April–June 1926). "Rudolf Martin". American Anthropologist. 28 (2): 414–417. doi:10.1525/aa.1926.28.2.02a00070. JSTOR 661556. Obituary. Schadewaldt, H. (2008). "Martin, Rudolf". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons (via Encyclopedia.com). ISBN 9780684315591. OCLC 187313311. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

Further reading Morris-Reich, Amos (July 2012). "Anthropology, standardization and measurement: Rudolf Martin and anthropometric photography". The British Journal for the History of Science. 46 (3): 487–516. doi:10.1017/S000708741200012X. S2CID 145643256.

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Rudolf Martin (anthropologist)

In research: Rudolf Martin (anthropologist) appears in physics 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 Rudolf Martin (anthropologist) 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: Rudolf Martin (anthropologist) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1864 births, 1925 deaths, Anthropologist stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Rudolf Martin (anthropologist) 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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