4256 x 2832 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14,2 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
19. Mai 2009
Ort:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Hackers placed a giant statue of the Greek goddess Athena in MIT's Killian Court on 5/18/09, the first day of Final Exams. (The model occupied Killian Court at the same time that another hack remained on the Dome, a model of the Apollo 11 "Eagle" Lunar Module emplaced on 5/17/09 in advance of the 40th Anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.) The statue stood atop a large pedestal and carried a shield inscribed with MIT's "Mens et Manus" logo. Athena is the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, heroic endeavor, and strategic warfare, as well as the name of MIT's campus-wide computing system. (No sacrifices to the statue were observed by the photographer at the time the photos were taken, but then again the exam period was just beginning.) This is not the first time the goddess has been associated with Killian Court -- the original architect of MIT's Cambridge campus, William Welles Bosworth, included in the plans a 50-foot tall statue of Athena that would be the centerpiece of the Court. The statue was cut from the construction plans due to an Institute budget crunch in 1913.
