Futility Closet

Right Side Up

Posted in Science & Math by Greg Ross on July 18th, 2008

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Set a beetle or a turtle on its back and it will right itself.

Remarkably, so will the Gömböc — a mathematical shape that can't be knocked down. Set it down in any position and it will always "get to its feet":