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Book Review: Laura A. Macaluso (ed), Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the Future of Monuments in a Changing World
Get PDFCurating Unity: A Multi-modal Reading of Archaic, the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 57th Venice Biennale
Get PDFThe paper investigates meaning communicated by the exhibition Archaic, the national pavilion of Iraq at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017). The Venice Biennale is the only global art event that allows countries and nations to represent themselves on their own terms. In this sense, the system of national pavilions is traditionally regarded as an arena for soft power. The paper applies multimodal analysis both on the macro-level (Halliday metafunctions) and micro-level (investigation of artworks for meaning potentials) to understand the image of Iraq curated in the exhibition. The analysis shows that the curators did not shy away from showing a negative image of Iraq with its outdated governmental system and existing ethno-religious divides. However, the main narrative communicated by the exhibition emphasized the theme of historical, cultural, geographical, and human connections binding social diversity into an inclusive national unity
P2_4 The Right Arm of the Imperium
Get PDFIn this paper we analyse what the true effective range of a lasgun from the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000 would be, and by calculation conclude that it is 53.0m. This is longer than the range in the game, which when scaled up is 36.5m. However, we recognise that this range comes from a need for gameplay balance and not realism, and therefore do not believe that the range needs to be changed
P2_9 Feasibility of Outrunning Climate Change
Get PDFIn this paper we investigate the feasibility of moving the Earth away from the Sun to combat climate change. We found that the energy needed to move the Earth 5.44 × 106 m is 8.71 × 1030 J per year for the lower bound and 5.29 × 1033 J to move it 1.31 × 108 J for the upper bound. For the lower bound, the number of rockets required to generate this energy is 1.21 × 1030 and would cost 7.26 × 1043 USD. We conclude that this is not a feasible method for combating climate change as using renewable energy sources to power the entire planet would be much more cost effective
A4_11 Pokémon: The Twin Bird Takes Flight!
Get PDFThis paper investigates the physics of the Twin Bird Pokémon, Doduo, to determine the angular velocity required for such a flightless bird to achieve lift via the spinning of its two heads. It was found that the required rotational speed would be 1,430 rads^(-1) or 12,800 rpm. to lift its body off of the ground
A4_8 Whales Can’t Fly
Get PDFIn this paper the physics of the descent of the sperm whale from “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to theGalaxy” falling into the ocean on Earth is investigated. It is found that the terminal velocity ofthe whale is 460 m s−1, the penetration depth is 76 m and at least 2.1% of the total mass of the whale would be destroyed
A3_5 1.21 Jigawatts!?!
Get PDFIn this paper we are investigating how much power it would take for the DeLorean from Back tothe Future to reach the 88mph speed required to travel in time. We calculated that when theDeLorean is flying it requires less power than when it is driving on a road to reach the targetvelocity, and in both cases it requires far less power than the 1.21GW that the flux capacitor canprovide
A3_6 Could it really be cheese?
Get PDFThis paper investigated the material properties of the moon in the film ”Wallace and Gromit A Grand Day Out”. We conclude that it is possible for the moon to be comprised of cheese, demonstrated by a kinetic friction coefficient of 0.16 which is comparable to a lightly lubricated metal-rough surface boundary much like skis against a crumbly cheese
A1_10 As much use as a chocolate teapot
Get PDFThis paper tackles the age old insult of ’You’re as much use as a chocolate teapot!’, showing that a chocolate teapot is in fact useful and can boil water when taken to an altitude of 50,000-55,000 feet. This is found by using the Clausius-Clapeyron method and atmospheric physics
P5_11 Saving Tom Cruise
Get PDFWe calculate the atmospheric density required to save Tom Cruise from a fall from the Burj Khalifa.We consider the actor’s terminal velocities at different atmospheric densities and compare this to asurvivable velocity from 10m. By doing this we obtain an atmospheric density value of 13.6kgms-3that would save Mr. Cruise from his otherwise deadly fall