Sunday, March 26, 2006
The mystery of the skipping stone
Skipping stones, bouncing bombs, & torpedo design?.
You know physics, don't you?...
You know physics, don't you?...
Well, now that I've wondered, PhysicsWeb.org has some answers:
"In 2002 an American called Kurt Steiner set a new world record when he threw a stone across a river in Pennsylvania and made it bounce 40 times."