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Philip Dadson

Philip Dadson is a science 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 Philip Dadson rather than just read about it. In short: Philip Dadson (born 1946 in Napier, New Zealand) is a New Zealand musician and artist, who was in the foundation group for the Scratch Orchestra and founder of From Scratch. He lectured at the Elam School of Fine Arts, part of the University of Auckland from 1977, leaving in 2001 to take up full-time art practice.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Philip Dadson (born 1946 in Napier, New Zealand) is a New Zealand musician and artist, who was in the foundation group for the Scratch Orchestra and founder of From Scratch. He lectured at the Elam School of Fine Arts, part of the University of Auckland from 1977, leaving in 2001 to take up full-time art practice. He co-authored the 2007 book Slap Tubes and other Plosive Aerophones with fellow instrument inventor Bart Hopkin, whose 1998 CD/book Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones had also featured Dadson's group From Scratch. In 2010 the Wellington Sculpture Trust commissioned Akau Tangi, a wind powered sculpture installed on Cobham Drive, Wellington. The eight poles, some partly submerged in the sea, are each topped with a rotating cone that produce a low level musical note. The rotating cones also have an internal light source powered by the wind driven rotating cones. In 2015, a feature film documentary titled Sonicsfromscratch (dir. by Simon Ogston and Orlando Stewart), documenting Dadson's career, was premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Education Dadson is a Fine Arts graduate in sculpture from the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. He also obtained a Master of Arts with honours from Nepean, West Sydney University.

Awards and honours Dadson has received the following awards and honours

2001 Arts Foundation Laureate 2002-2003 New Zealand Antarctic Artist Fellowship 2005 New Zealand Order of Merit for services to art 2006 Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award

References

External links sounz.org.nz Auckland War Memorial Museum, Ancient Worlds Gallery Pianoforté - Colloquium series at the Contemporary Art Annex cdemusic.org Radio NZ, Musical Chairs documentary, 8 November, 2003 New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate Artist 2001 New Zealand Order of Merit

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Philip Dadson

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Philip Dadson claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, 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 Philip Dadson 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 Philip Dadson 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 Philip Dadson

In research: Philip Dadson appears in science 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 Philip Dadson 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: Philip Dadson is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1946 births, 20th-century New Zealand artists, 20th-century New Zealand male artists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Philip Dadson 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 Philip Dadson in 20 minutes

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

Frequently asked questions

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Why does Philip Dadson matter?

Because it connects several science 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 Philip Dadson?

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 Philip Dadson.