Tag: Rotation

Edge of Rotation

Such a classic spin that old blue Oldsmobile rounding the curve rotating back down the same road again and before beaming with invisible familiarity leaving oil stains down boulevards sewn with uneven seams Five days a week over and over I watched him go to work and return ...

Coin rotation paradox

Imagine we have 2 coins. The radius of the larger coin is 3 times the radius of the smaller coin. We roll the smaller coin all the way around the edge of the larger coin, without it slipping: The question is, how many times will the smaller coin rotate as it rolls around the edge of the la...