astronomy

Tanel Tammet

Tanel Tammet 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 Tanel Tammet rather than just read about it. In short: Tanel Tammet is an Estonian computer scientist, professor, software engineer, and computer programmer. He was also one of the founding members of the Estonian Greens party, and helped found the IT College in Tallinn.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Tanel Tammet is an Estonian computer scientist, professor, software engineer, and computer programmer. He was also one of the founding members of the Estonian Greens party, and helped found the IT College in Tallinn.

Life and career Born in 1965, Tammet had early access to the University of Tartu's computers through his father's work at the physics department. As a result, he eventually graduated from the university's maths department in applied mathematics, specializing in information technology. He took interest in automated theorem proving and graduated from the Gothenburg Chalmers University of Technology with a Ph.D. in 1992. He lived in Sweden for the most part of that decade, then returned to Tallinn. Tammet received international renown for his automated theorem proving program Gandalf, which won different categories of the Conference on Automated Deduction (CADE) CASC competition six times between 1997 and 2003. He has been the Estonian delegate to the Information Systems Technology Panel of the NATO Research and Technology Organisation, and written about cyber security. He often teaches or speaks about artificial intelligence, and has asserted that it already exists, albeit in a primitive and distributed form. From 2006, Tammet was a founding member and member of the board of the Estonian Greens. The party was elected into the Riigikogu the following year with 7.1% of the nationwide vote, which granted them six seats. In 2010, amid growing tensions following their failed runs in the European Parliament and local elections in 2009, Tammet along with 19 other members was thrown out of the party. It subsequently failed to reach the minimum 5% of the vote needed in the 2011 parliamentary elections and faded. Tammet is a professor at the Tallinn University of Technology and is the faculty manager of its computer science institute. Formerly he had helped found the Tallinn IT College and was on its board of advisors from its inception in 2003. Tammet has also worked in the Institute of Cybernetics in Tallinn. In 2012, he received attention for the creation of Sightsmap, a website which visualizes the popularity of places around the world based on data from Panoramio, Wikipedia, and Foursquare City Guide. Tammet has two children. In 2002, he was issued the fifth class of the Order of the White Star.

Books Tammet, Tanel; Teejuht võrgumaailma, Tartu : Ilmamaa, 1997. ISBN 9985821874 Tamme, Tõnu; Tammet, Tanel; Prank, Rein; Loogika: Mõtlemisest tõestamiseni, Tartu : Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 1997. ISBN 9985562313

References

External links Personal page on Google Sites Sightsmap Archived 2018-04-06 at the Wayback Machine

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tanel Tammet

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tanel Tammet 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 Tanel Tammet 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 Tanel Tammet 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 Tanel Tammet

In research: Tanel Tammet 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 Tanel Tammet 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: Tanel Tammet is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1965 births, 21st-century Estonian politicians, Estonian Greens politicians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tanel Tammet 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 Tanel Tammet in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tanel Tammet means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Tanel Tammet in simple terms?

Why does Tanel Tammet 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 Tanel Tammet?

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 Tanel Tammet.