astronomy

Shi Yafeng

Shi Yafeng 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 Shi Yafeng rather than just read about it. In short: Shi Yafeng (simplified Chinese: 施雅风; traditional Chinese: 施雅風; March 21, 1919 – February 13, 2011) was a Chinese geographer and glaciologist. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Shi Yafeng (simplified Chinese: 施雅风; traditional Chinese: 施雅風; March 21, 1919 – February 13, 2011) was a Chinese geographer and glaciologist. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was an expert on geography and glaciology, and regarded as the "Father of Chinese Glaciology".

Life Shi was born in Haimen, Jiangsu on March 21, 1919. He did his undergraduate and postgraduate studies both at Zhejiang University. He led the Batoula Glacier Investigation Team, Glaciology and Geocryology Institute of Chinese Academe Science in 1978, which was the first modern Chinese team to systematically investigate glaciers. He was a researcher, vice-director, director, honorary director of the Lanzhou Glacier Frozen Earth Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Works monograph: Glacier Conspectus of China (Shi et al., 1988) monograph: Glaciers and Glacial Geomorphology in China (Shi, 1992)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Shi Yafeng

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Shi Yafeng 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 Shi Yafeng 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 Shi Yafeng 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 Shi Yafeng

In research: Shi Yafeng 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 Shi Yafeng 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: Shi Yafeng is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1919 births, 2011 deaths, Academic staff of Hohai University, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Shi Yafeng 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 Shi Yafeng in 20 minutes

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

Frequently asked questions

What is Shi Yafeng in simple terms?

Why does Shi Yafeng 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 Shi Yafeng?

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 Shi Yafeng.