The Physics of Stone Skipping

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Check out this paper:

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/physics/pdf/0210/0210015.pdf


wow :P

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Someone really wasted their time on that!

[NSX]

I dont know about wasting time.
That's pretty cool.

I remember when my Physics teacher in gr. 11 showed me an article on the Physics of spinning an egg, ie. why it spins the way it does.

It was from PhysicsWeb (http://www.physicsweb.org/), but I can't find it anymore.
:p

I'll try scanning my paper copy if I have time.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

You know theres a guy who skips stones for a living, don't you? He was skipping stones in the park one day and he did 14 skips, and turned around and everyone in the park was watching and clapping.