astronomy

The Upstarts

The Upstarts 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 The Upstarts rather than just read about it. In short: The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World is a 2017 book by journalist Brad Stone. It chronicles the founding of companies such as Uber and Airbnb, and investigates the evolution of the Silicon Valley.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World is a 2017 book by journalist Brad Stone. It chronicles the founding of companies such as Uber and Airbnb, and investigates the evolution of the Silicon Valley.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with The Upstarts

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what The Upstarts 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 The Upstarts 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 The Upstarts 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 The Upstarts

In research: The Upstarts 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 The Upstarts 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: The Upstarts is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2017 non-fiction books, Books about Silicon Valley, Books about globalization, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for The Upstarts 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 The Upstarts in 20 minutes

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

Frequently asked questions

What is The Upstarts in simple terms?

Why does The Upstarts 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 The Upstarts?

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 The Upstarts.