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Global Aspects of the Book Toss

Presenter:
Nawaf
Bou-Rabee
University:
California Institute of Technology
Program:
CSGF
Year:
2004

If you toss a book about its intermediate axis, the book typically undergoes a half-twist before being caught. This global aspect of the book toss is clarified in this poster using the Goodman-Robinson-Montgomery rigid body phase formula.

The content of the poster is available here.