Riding on Square Wheels

[aeek]

Stan Wagon, a mathematician at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., has a bicycle with square wheels. It's a weird contraption, but he can ride it perfectly smoothly.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp

 

[ritcho]

Stan Wagon, a mathematician at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., has a bicycle with square wheels. It's a weird contraption, but he can ride it perfectly smoothly.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp

Yes, but how does one describe "a flat" when one has square wheels?

Ritch

 

[Marty Wallace]

"aeek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Stan Wagon, a mathematician at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.,
> has a bicycle with square wheels. It's a weird contraption, but he can
> ride it perfectly smoothly.
>
> http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp
>
>
> --
> aeek
>
That would go well on the corrogated roads around here.

Marty

 

[Walrus]

Stan Wagon, a mathematician at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., has a bicycle with square wheels. It's a weird contraption, but he can ride it perfectly smoothly.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp

What a complete waste of time and money...the mind boggles!

 

[Marty Wallace]

"Walrus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> aeek Wrote:
> > Stan Wagon, a mathematician at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.,
> > has a bicycle with square wheels. It's a weird contraption, but he can
> > ride it perfectly smoothly.
> >
> > http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp
> What a complete waste of time and money...the mind boggles!
>
>
> --
> Walrus
>

What do you mean a waste of money?
It kept an academic employed for two years didn't it?.

Where else would someone like that find employment in the real world. At
least it keeps 'em of the streets.

Marty

 

[Book]

| > > Stan Wagon, a mathematician at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.,
| > > has a bicycle with square wheels. It's a weird contraption, but he can
| > > ride it perfectly smoothly.
| > >
| > > http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp


All together now...... NEEERRRRDDD!

 

[Cyclist14]

Stan Wagon, a mathematician at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., has a bicycle with square wheels. It's a weird contraption, but he can ride it perfectly smoothly.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp

Where are his brakes.