Rotation
$ 175
About the artwork
In the time it takes you to read this, the earth will have rotated 0.02 degrees
Of course we know that the earth is spinning every moment of every day but we don’t think about it (maybe we would get motion sickness if we did!). But the continuity of our physical laws in a period of such instability and uncertainty feels strangely comforting.
Source: NASA (they note that the probability of the earth stopping its rotation is “practically zero”) & Brysbaert, M. (2019, April 12)
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About Mona Chalabi
“The ultimate goal is to make information accessible in as joyous a way as possible”
London-born artist and writer Mona Chalabi advocates for quality data journalism, and has brought her distinctive sensibility, which often matches compelling statistical analysis with charming illustrations, to television comedy, po...
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