Kirigami with Gravitation (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Kirigami with Gravitation

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Wang and the Kamien lab collected the largest books they could find from across the physics department. They found that seven copies of the five-pound 'Gravitation' textbook could be supported by a single kirigami sheet.

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Image: Randall Kamien

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