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#1 2009-07-12 08:01:37
- JaneFairfax
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Gömböc
Invented by Gábor Domokos and Peter Várkonyi.
[align=center]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCAg5_vHFmI[/align]
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#2 2009-07-12 11:08:09
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Re: Gömböc
Very entertaining.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#3 2009-07-12 12:45:28
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Re: Gömböc
I like how it stabilises itself completely on one axis before moving on to the next one.
Not sure how that works, but it's fun to watch. 
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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