astronomy

Ruth Wedgwood

Ruth Wedgwood 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 Ruth Wedgwood rather than just read about it. In short: Ruth Glushien Wedgwood (born 1949) is an American legal scholar who holds the Edward B. Burling Chair in International Law and Diplomacy at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Ruth Glushien Wedgwood (born 1949) is an American legal scholar who holds the Edward B. Burling Chair in International Law and Diplomacy at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University.

Biography Ruth Wedgwood is the daughter of labor lawyer Morris P. Glushien, former general counsel of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union who served as a World War II cryptanalyst, and Anne Sorelle Williams, an artist. Wedgwood received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude, and her legal education at Yale Law School, where she was executive editor of the Yale Law Journal. She was a law clerk to renowned Judge Henry Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit then Justice Harry Blackmun at the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1982, she married her Harvard classmate, National Institutes of Health immunologist Josiah F. Wedgwood, a member of the Wedgwood pottery family.

Career Wedgwood is a member of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative Advisory Council, a project of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis to establish the world’s first treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity. She has expertise in the fields of international law, international criminal law, the law of armed conflict, and human rights law. In 2002, Wedgwood was elected to serve as the U.S. member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Freedom House a nonpartisan NGO that promotes human rights and democracy world-wide.

See also List of law clerks for the second seat of the Supreme Court of the United States

References

External links Lectures by Ruth Wedgwood June 12, 2006 Debate at the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs, entitled The United Nations: Still Relevant After All These Years? Appearances on C-SPAN

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ruth Wedgwood

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ruth Wedgwood 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 Ruth Wedgwood 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 Ruth Wedgwood 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 Ruth Wedgwood

In research: Ruth Wedgwood 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 Ruth Wedgwood 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: Ruth Wedgwood is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1949 births, 20th-century American lawyers, 20th-century American legal scholars, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ruth Wedgwood 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 Ruth Wedgwood in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Ruth Wedgwood 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 Ruth Wedgwood?

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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