The discussion revolves around identifying significant open questions and current trends in classical physics, with a focus on various topics of interest within the field. Participants express curiosity about complex systems, the buttered toast phenomenon, and turbulence, among other areas.
Participants express a variety of interests and questions, but there is no consensus on specific open questions or trends in classical physics. The discussion remains unresolved with multiple competing views and topics.
The discussion includes speculative ideas about the buttered toast phenomenon and its implications, as well as references to academic work that may not be universally accepted or conclusive.
I thought somebody had done some work on that. The conclusion, as I recall, was that in a higher gravitational field we'd be shorter (due to needing to pump blood to our heads) by exactly the same fraction as the increase in the gravitational couple and hence spin rate imparted to dropped toast. So they proposed that toast falling butter side down was likely a universal constant.HallsofIvy said:Why does the toast always fall jelly side down?
HallsofIvy said:Why does the toast always fall jelly side down?
Ibix said:I thought somebody had done some work on that. The conclusion, as I recall, was that in a higher gravitational field we'd be shorter (due to needing to pump blood to our heads) by exactly the same fraction as the increase in the gravitational couple and hence spin rate imparted to dropped toast. So they proposed that toast falling butter side down was likely a universal constant.
robphy said:Pleasantly surprised to find https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttered_toast_phenomenon.
Bacon (2001). "A closer look at tumbling toast". American Journal of Physics. 69: 38–43.