Long, 3.0-m string tumbled at one revolution per second for 10 sec in a smaller 0.1x0.1x0.1-m. box. From supplementary information of "Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string,"
Dorian M. Raymer and Douglas E. Smith, PNAS October 16, 2007 vol. 104 no. 42 16432-16437. This paper and research has won the 2008 Ig Nobel in Physics.
Cool it won a gag prize.
So?
jib1000 1 year ago
lol what? I didn't see it knot...
cozymonk 2 years ago