astronomy

T. N. Krishnamurti

T. N. Krishnamurti 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 T. N. Krishnamurti rather than just read about it. In short: Tiruvalam Natarajan Krishnamurti (c. 1932 – February 7, 2018) was an Indian meteorologist. He was a Professor emeritus at Florida State University, where prior to his retirement he was the Lawton Distinguished Professor of Meteorology.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Tiruvalam Natarajan Krishnamurti (c. 1932 – February 7, 2018) was an Indian meteorologist. He was a Professor emeritus at Florida State University, where prior to his retirement he was the Lawton Distinguished Professor of Meteorology.

Career Krishnamurti earned his doctorate in 1959 from the University of Chicago. Prior to joining the Florida State faculty, he taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2006, he co-authored An Introduction to Global Spectral Modeling, Second Edition, Springer, 317 pp. Textbook (with H. S. Bedi, V. M. Hardiker and L. Ramaswamy). In 1985, the American Meteorological Society awarded him the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal. He won the International Meteorological Organization Prize of the World Meteorological Organization in 1996. In 2012 the Indian Meteorological Society gave him their Sir Gilbert Walker Gold Medal. A symposium in his honor was held in 2012 as part of the American Meteorological Society annual meeting in New Orleans. Krishnamurti died on February 7, 2018.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with T. N. Krishnamurti

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what T. N. Krishnamurti 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 T. N. Krishnamurti 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 T. N. Krishnamurti 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 T. N. Krishnamurti

In research: T. N. Krishnamurti 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 T. N. Krishnamurti 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: T. N. Krishnamurti is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1930s births, 2018 deaths, Florida State University faculty, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for T. N. Krishnamurti 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 T. N. Krishnamurti in 20 minutes

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

Frequently asked questions

What is T. N. Krishnamurti in simple terms?

Why does T. N. Krishnamurti 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 T. N. Krishnamurti?

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 T. N. Krishnamurti.