Reis did not originally intend to figure out the physics of hair hair, but as he examined the curvature of thin, flexible rods in his lab, he recognized similarities between these curves and the ...

Why exactly does a curling rock curl, instead of sliding in a straight line? The CBC’s “Physics Fella,” Joe Fitzgerald, is here with an answer, and you won’t need to know math (or curling ...

THIS “Introduction to Vector-methods and their Various Applications to Physics and Mathematics” is an exposition of the late Willard Gibbs' vector analysis. The author in his preface warns us ...

Books Received Published: 11 August 1921 Elementary Vector Analysis: With Application to Geometry and Physics Nature 107, 744 (1921) Cite this article ...

Since the first curling rock curved around the first guard, there have been questions about the strange physics that give the game its name. Why exactly does a curling rock curl, instead of sliding in ...