April 01, 2004  Filed in: 
Demo CornerPatrick Whippey, Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario
Do we really believe Newton’s Laws? This demonstration was born many years ago when a perceptive student challenged the assertion that a body free to move always rotates about its centre of mass. This demonstration requires an air table.
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 February 01, 2004  Filed in: 
Demo CornerPatrick Whippey, Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario
Do we really believe Newton’s Laws? This demonstration was born many years ago when a perceptive student challenged the assertion that a body free to move always rotates about its centre of mass. This demonstration requires an air table.
 Read More...Tags: Motion