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Victor A. Reko

Victor A. Reko is a biology 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 Victor A. Reko rather than just read about it. In short: Viktor Aloisius Reko (born 3 August 1880 in Vienna) was an Austrian teacher and scientific author who moved to Mexico in 1921. He is best known for his popular book Magische Gifte: Rausch- und Betäubungsmittel der Neuen Welt ("Magic Poisons: Inebriating and Narcotic Substances of the New World"), first published in 1936 by Ferdinand Enke Verlag in Stuttgart/Germany.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Viktor Aloisius Reko (born 3 August 1880 in Vienna) was an Austrian teacher and scientific author who moved to Mexico in 1921. He is best known for his popular book Magische Gifte: Rausch- und Betäubungsmittel der Neuen Welt ("Magic Poisons: Inebriating and Narcotic Substances of the New World"), first published in 1936 by Ferdinand Enke Verlag in Stuttgart/Germany. This book recorded a number of second-hand observations on New World psychoactive drugs, paraphrased from notes he took of conversations with his cousin, the eminent Mexican ethnobotanist Blas Pablo Reko, including the first published refutation of William Edwin Safford's uncharacteristically untenable assertion that teonanácatl was not a mushroom, but a cactus. Reko's book also covered the following drugs, many of which were not mentioned in the earlier book Phantastica by Louis Lewin: sinicuichi (Heimia spp.) for which he claimed psychoactivity, Ololiúqui (Turbina corymbosa), peyotl (Lophophora williamsii), marihuana (Cannabis sativa), toloachi (Datura stramonium var. tatula), ayahuasca, colorines (Erythrina and Sophora species), coztic-zapote (Pouteria campechiana), xomil-xihuite (Gelsemium sempervirens), camotillo (Dioscorea composita), and cohombrillo (Ecballium elaterium). The second edition also contained chicalote (supposedly obtained from a cross between Argemone mexicana and Papaver somniferum), minapatli (Sebastiania pavoniana, Mexican jumping bean), and herbas locas (Dioon edule, Astragalus amphyoxys, and Oxytropis lambertii). The author wrote 1936 in his introduction of "Magische Gifte...": "Die vorliegende Veröffentlichung will etwas Licht in das Dunkel bringen, das alle diese wenig erforschten Giftdrogen umgibt. In zwölf ausgewählten Kapiteln (die ebenso leicht auf zwanzig oder mehr hätten vermehrt werden können) wird eine Anzahl betäubender Genußmittel geschildert, die, wie vor wenigen Jahren Koka, aus Kreisen niedriger Rassen ihren Weg in Kulturvölker zu nehmen drohen. Sache der Psychiater und Kriminologen wird es sein, dies zu vehindern. Wenn mein Buch dazu beiträgt, dieses Ziel zu erreichen, ist es nicht umsonst geschrieben worden. D e r V e r f a s s e r. " Victor A. Reko became a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.

See also Blas Pablo Reko Louis Lewin, author of Phantastica

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Victor A. Reko

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Victor A. Reko claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, 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 Victor A. Reko 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 Victor A. Reko 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 Victor A. Reko

In research: Victor A. Reko appears in biology 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 Victor A. Reko 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: Victor A. Reko is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1880 births, Austrian emigrants to Mexico, Austrian non-fiction writers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Victor A. Reko 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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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Victor A. Reko matter?

Because it connects several biology 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.

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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.

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