astronomy

Stephen M. Drance

Stephen M. Drance 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 Stephen M. Drance rather than just read about it. In short: Stephen Michael Drance (22 May 1925 – 2 September 2020) was emeritus professor of ophthalmology at the University of British Columbia. He was the head of glaucoma service at the Eye Care centre of Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada Early life and education Drance was born in Bielsko, Poland.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Stephen Michael Drance (22 May 1925 – 2 September 2020) was emeritus professor of ophthalmology at the University of British Columbia. He was the head of glaucoma service at the Eye Care centre of Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Early life and education Drance was born in Bielsko, Poland. In about 1937, his family send him to a boarding school in London, England. The school was bombed in an air raid, so his family opted to move him to Scotland, where there were large numbers of Polish military personnel. Drance finished his London Matriculation in Scotland. He decided to enrol in the Polish School of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. He switched to the university proper, completing his medical studies in 1948 and gaining his clinical diploma (MD) in 1949. Drance performed two years of national service in a Royal Air Force hospital in Aden. He then returned to Britain, completing a diploma in ophthalmology in 1953 and a Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons after working at York University, at the University of Edinburgh, and at Oxford University. At Oxford, he started doing research in ophthalmology.

Career In 1957, Drance moved to Canada, where he became an assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1963 he became an associate professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. It was at this university in 1966, that he gained the position of professor and in 1973 head of the Department of Ophthalmology, which he held until his retirement in 1990. Drance published more than 300 papers on glaucoma over half a century and addressed every conceivable aspect of the disease, along with being the co-author of five books. The Vancouver General Hospital Eye Care Centre was established in Vancouver in 1983 due to the eight million dollars Drance helped raise. For 18 years, he served as Chairman of the University of British Columbia's Department of Ophthalmology, and merged clinical care seamlessly into an environment of teaching and research. Drance trained 35 fellows, whose contributions continue to move glaucoma care forward. Drance's accomplishments have been widely recognized, through numerous honorary fellowships, honorary degrees, and awards. His expertise took him around the world. He was a visiting professor or guest lecturer across Canada and the United States as well as in Australia, New Zealand, France, Mexico, England, Panama, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, Poland, Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

Recognition In 1987, Drance was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the highest honors his country bestows. His passion for music and the visual arts led him to found the Vancouver Summer Festival, and in 2005 he received the Vancouver Arts Award in recognition of his philanthropy in the arts. In 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Stephen M. Drance

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Stephen M. Drance 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 Stephen M. Drance 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 Stephen M. Drance 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 Stephen M. Drance

In research: Stephen M. Drance 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 Stephen M. Drance 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: Stephen M. Drance is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1925 births, 2020 deaths, Academic staff of the University of British Columbia, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Stephen M. Drance 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 Stephen M. Drance in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Stephen M. Drance 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 Stephen M. Drance?

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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