astronomy

Wen Shengchang

Wen Shengchang 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 Wen Shengchang rather than just read about it. In short: Wen Shengchang (1 November 1921 – 20 March 2022) was a Chinese oceanographer and academic who was a professor at the Ocean University of China, a former president of Shandong Institute of Oceanology, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the Jiusan Society and the Chinese Communist Party.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Wen Shengchang (1 November 1921 – 20 March 2022) was a Chinese oceanographer and academic who was a professor at the Ocean University of China, a former president of Shandong Institute of Oceanology, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the Jiusan Society and the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography Wen was born in the town of Zhuanqiao in Guangshan County, Henan, on 1 November 1921. He finished his elementary education in Huangchuan Middle School and secondary in Yichang High School and Hubei United High School. In 1940, he entered Leshan Central Technical College and soon was admitted to the Department of Machinery, Wuhan University in Leshan, Sichuan. After graduating in 1944, he had successively served as a probationer in the 8th Aircraft Repair Shop of Chengdu Aviation Commission, a member of the examination unit of the 11th Aircraft Repair Shop, and an operator of the Air Transport 103 Squadron of the Republic of China Air Force. In 1946, he was sent to study at the American Aviation Machinery School at the expense of the government for a year. In 1952, he became a professor at Harbin Institute of Military Engineering (now National University of Defense Technology). One year later, Professor He Chongben invited him to join the Department of Oceanography, Shandong University in Qingdao. He joined the Jiusan Society in March 1956 and the Chinese Communist Party in February 1983. He was promoted to be president of Shandong Institute of Oceanology (later reshuffled as the Ocean University of China) in 1984, concurrently serving as director of the Institute of Physical Oceanography. On 20 March 2022, he died in Qingdao, Shandong, at the age of 100.

Honours and awards 1985 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) 1993 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 1997 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class) 1999 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Wen Shengchang

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Wen Shengchang 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 Wen Shengchang 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 Wen Shengchang 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 Wen Shengchang

In research: Wen Shengchang 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 Wen Shengchang 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: Wen Shengchang is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1921 births, 2022 deaths, Academic staff of Ocean University of China, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Wen Shengchang 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 Wen Shengchang in 20 minutes

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

Frequently asked questions

What is Wen Shengchang in simple terms?

Why does Wen Shengchang 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 Wen Shengchang?

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 Wen Shengchang.