Ever wonder about the physical rules behind a good rope? Intrigued by the phrase, "zero-twist point?" Then you would enjoy Alexandra Witze's article in ScienceNews, Physicists untangle the geometry of rope.
Her article gives a basic, brief overview of the mathematics behind the process of turning strands into rope, as revealed in Jakob Bohr & Kasper Olsen's article, The ancient art of laying rope.
How did the researchers come to work on rope winding? From their work on DNA, of course!
3 comments:
nice illustrative picture here, thanks! :-)
Very cool! It's always interesting to see how intertwined the various arts and sciences are.
Thanks, guys!
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