A 'Tippy Top' is a spherical object like an oval/ellipse with its center of mass out of the middle when spun. The reason it tip's over has got to do with Momentum of inertia, Torque and Force of friction.
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- This blog is to present the concept of a Dynamic Foam wherein knots (Torus, Trefoil and fig. 8) can self emerge and interact. My goal is to develop a simulator that executes this model. It all started with the idea of a fig. 8-knot propelling through Space: movie (40Mb)
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