astronomy

Taro Takemi

Taro Takemi 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 Taro Takemi rather than just read about it. In short: Taro Takemi (武見太郎, Takemi Tarō; 7 August 1904 – 20 December 1983) was a Japanese physician who served as 11th President of the Japan Medical Association for 25 years from 1957 to 1982, and also served as president of the World Medical Association from 1975 to 1976. Life Takemi completed his M.D. in 1930 from Keio University School of Medicine.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Taro Takemi (武見太郎, Takemi Tarō; 7 August 1904 – 20 December 1983) was a Japanese physician who served as 11th President of the Japan Medical Association for 25 years from 1957 to 1982, and also served as president of the World Medical Association from 1975 to 1976.

Life Takemi completed his M.D. in 1930 from Keio University School of Medicine. He went to RIKEN to study the application of nuclear physics to medicine under Yoshio Nishina who was a famous physicist in Japan. He built the first portable electrocardiograph in 1937, and was also known for his invention of the vectorcardiograph in 1939. Also a medical researcher, he patented several laboratory processes, and was a member of the research and survey team which investigated effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. He became a clinician in Ginza, Tokyo in 1939, and served as a visiting professor at Keio, Kitasato, and Tokai universities in Japan, and advised the Japan Science and Technology Agency. In 1982, he was appointed a visiting professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, but was unable to fulfill the commitment due to illness. He died in Tokyo in December 1983. The Takemi Program in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health was established in 1983 and is named after him. The Takemi Memorial Hall was established by the Japan Radioisotope Association in Takizawa, Iwate in 1989.

Awards and honours Takemi received numerous honors and awards include the following:

Order of the Southern Cross Hon. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (OMRI, 1977) Silver Medal from Pope Paul VI

Family His son, Keizo Takemi, is a politician.

Notes and references

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Taro Takemi

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Taro Takemi 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 Taro Takemi 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 Taro Takemi 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 Taro Takemi

In research: Taro Takemi 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 Taro Takemi 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: Taro Takemi is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1904 births, 1983 deaths, 20th-century Japanese inventors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Taro Takemi 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 Taro Takemi in 20 minutes

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

Frequently asked questions

What is Taro Takemi in simple terms?

Why does Taro Takemi 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 Taro Takemi?

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 Taro Takemi.