astronomy

Thomas Tomich

Thomas Tomich 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 Thomas Tomich rather than just read about it. In short: Thomas Patrick Tomich (born September 8, 1956) is an American researcher in the field of sustainable agriculture. He researches a variety of subjects, including agriculture, natural resource management, food policy, and economic development.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Thomas Patrick Tomich (born September 8, 1956) is an American researcher in the field of sustainable agriculture. He researches a variety of subjects, including agriculture, natural resource management, food policy, and economic development. He is the founding director of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at University of California, Davis and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Tomich advocates for immediate and strategic action on the part of the research community to apply current scientific knowledge to address world-wide issues relating to climate change.

Education Thomas Patrick Tomich was born on September 8, 1956, in San Jose, California, to parents Lillian and Thomas Tomich. His family owned a fruit orchard in Orangevale, established by Thomas P. Tomich's great-grandparents in 1897. Tomich graduated from University of California, Davis with a bachelor's in economics in 1979. He attended Stanford University for his Master of Arts degree, graduating in 1982. He also received a PhD in agricultural and food system economics from Stanford, graduating in 1984.

Career Tomich worked for the Harvard Institute for International Development for ten years as a policy advisor and institute associate. From 1994-2006, he worked for the World Agroforestry Centre as principal economist and global coordinator of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins. He has been a professor at UC Davis since 2007. There, he is the founding director of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute. He was also the first holder of the WK Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems. He researches a variety of subjects, including agriculture, natural resource management, food policy, and economic development. As of 2015, he is the co-editor of the journal the Annual Review of Environment and Resources.

Awards and honors In 2019, Tomich was elected as a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Thomas Tomich

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Thomas Tomich 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 Thomas Tomich 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 Thomas Tomich 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 Thomas Tomich

In research: Thomas Tomich 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 Thomas Tomich 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: Thomas Tomich is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1956 births, Annual Reviews (publisher) editors, Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Thomas Tomich 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 Thomas Tomich in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Thomas Tomich 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.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Thomas Tomich in simple terms?

Why does Thomas Tomich 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 Thomas Tomich?

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 Thomas Tomich.