astronomy

Timothy Haskell

Timothy Haskell 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 Timothy Haskell rather than just read about it. In short: Timothy George Haskell is a New Zealand scientist. Career and impact Haskell completed a PhD at the University of Canterbury in 1972 under the supervision of Brian Wybourne.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Timothy George Haskell is a New Zealand scientist.

Career and impact Haskell completed a PhD at the University of Canterbury in 1972 under the supervision of Brian Wybourne. Haskell started his career at the Physics and Engineering Laboratory of DSIR (New Zealand) and remained with them through its evolution to Industrial Research Limited (IRL). He shifted to Callaghan Innovation in 2012.

He worked with Bill Robinson on the development and installation of earthquake base isolation foundations for Te Papa. However, he is best known for his development of "Camp Haskell" - a containerised facility for working on the Sea ice of McMurdo Sound. He had equipment mounted on the Erebus Glacier Tongue when it calved in 1990. He had just finished a field trip to the glacier in 2010 when it next calved. He worked with Paul Callaghan for a time, developing portable Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology. Initial application to the determination of sea ice heterogeneity evolved to become a range of bench-top NMR devices developed by the spin-off company Magritek.

In 2009 the ocean passage between Ross Island and White Island (Ross Archipelago) was named Haskell Strait, Antarctica.

Awards 2019 - Thomson Medal from the Royal Society Te Apārangi 2008 – New Zealand Antarctic Medal (NZAM) in the 2008 New Year Honours 2007 – Royal Society Te Apārangi Hector Medal 2006 – New Zealand Association of Scientists Marsden Medal 1996 – Royal Society Science and Technology Medal

References

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Timothy Haskell

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Timothy Haskell 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 Timothy Haskell 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 Timothy Haskell 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 Timothy Haskell

In research: Timothy Haskell 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 Timothy Haskell 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: Timothy Haskell is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Living people, New Zealand Antarctic scientists, New Zealand scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Timothy Haskell 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 Timothy Haskell in 20 minutes

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

Frequently asked questions

What is Timothy Haskell in simple terms?

Timothy George Haskell is a New Zealand scientist. Career and impact Haskell completed a PhD at the University of Canterbury in 1972 under the supervision of Brian Wybourne.

Why does Timothy Haskell 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 Timothy Haskell?

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 Timothy Haskell.