Coturnix!
Bora, you will receive a signed print of Science-Chess Accomodating Religion some time in the next few weeks.
Holy Monkey that was close.
I had to call in a second judge to weigh in accuracy factors and the timing of entries. I've also already, (appropriately, I think) tweeted the winning announcement.
Here are my original ideas, and a breakdown of how Coturnix won the print:
Pieces in the back, left to right:
-Darwin's tree of life drawing
-Wave-particle duality
-Kekule's dream of an ourobouros representing the benzene ring
-Mendel's peas
-Copernican heliocentrism
-Red bishop as religion, transparent, cracked, alone and with a halo, the halo being a symbol that most religions incorporate into their visual iconography
Toppled in the foreground, left to right:
-Stem cells
-Needle representing vaccines
But dude, this was close.
Basically, by mine and my second judge's tally, Scicurious actually had all of the correct answers - but the last after contest closing at noon today. Sorry Sci! I had to draw a line.
The piece representing wave-particle duality was the toughie - some of the answers had me scurrying to look up science concepts or history I was unaware of! Anonymous-Trish had it almost bang-on, but if I am looking at the difference between Coturnix's "radioactivity" answer and Anon-Trish & James' "Curie's theory of radioactive decay and using it for carbon dating", I chose the earlier answer.
Thanks to everyone who played along - this was fun. And I like Bora's suggestion to see this on a t-shirt. And I think I need to send Greg Laden a Mr. Bill made out of plasticine.
Thanks everyone!
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7 comments:
This was a good contest, and thanks for holding it. Congrats to Bora.
w00t! Thank you! I am so excited (and so is the rest of the family!).
I don't mind buying a print, but what are the chances of getting it signed without carrying it halfway across the continent in January?
it was fun! more art for our amusement please!
woot coturnix!
Mike - Don't buy anything yet.
Bora! I'll get you address by email. It'll take some time to arrive here, I'll sign and ship right after.
Stephanie - that's a conundrum. Of course, there are greeting card sized ones...
Trish - you bet!
Congrats, Coturnix!! :D
Nice job on the Contest, Glendon! Hope everything is well on your end!! :)
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