About ‘Poinsot's Dancing Cones’ by Elke Stangl (elkement)
I have always loved the physics of the gyroscope. There are so many different mathematical / conceptual / geometrical ways to capture the same thing!
Here, I am visualizing the motion of a gyroscope free of external forces, involving three cones, following Louis Poinsot.
I am using my decades old physics education - and…
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In a world of AI, I am exploring what it means to be a human creator - wielding pencils and code precisely and slowly. Trying to keep an ancient craft alive and celebrating science and engineering culture!
I am a physicist and engineer inspired by vintage patent drawings, Sir Roger Penrose’s handcrafted sketches, and M.C. Escher.
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