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Why Physicists Don't Like To Talk About Friction

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-in-mixed-company dept.

fm6 writes: "You would think that force required to overcome friction would be a function of the area of contact. But according to this Scientific American article, that's not true, and physicists don't have a really satisfying explanation." This is the sort of article that makes you want to go experiment with those teflon-coated disks made for moving furniture.

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  1. Wow. by ktakki · · Score: 4, Funny

    Three hours and not a single post.

    Guess they don't like to talk about it.

    k.

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  2. stranger than fiction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    where theres friction, theres a good sex joke...

  3. Teflon coated disks... by Tower · · Score: 2, Funny

    I find those work even better if you coat the entire floor with Mobil 1 first... add a pump and filter, and you never have to vacuum, either :)

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