The Physics of Toast

Saturday, December 24, 2011

A change in topic... to trees

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Yeah, yeah, I know. I've basically abandoned this blog after my kid was born. Well, I'm back. I may continue working on the toast pr...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

5. A Simple View of Tumbling Toast

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As previously discussed , Toast is likely to fall after being perched on the edge of a Table, Counter, or Clumsy Hand. Starting from this in...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

4. Toast in Free Fall

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After the Toast leaves the Table Edge, its motion becomes particularly easy to describe. The reason for this simplicity is that gravity is t...
Monday, March 22, 2010

3. How Toast Tumbles

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Before proceeding down the slippery slope of calculations, we should consider the simple forces behind Buttered Toast Ballistics. Here, we’l...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

2. Mathematics May Follow!

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I have two opposing goals with this blog. 1) I want it to be accessible to the casual reader. 2) I intend for it to still be scientifically ...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

1. Does Toast Always Land Buttered Side Down?

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That is the question to be addressed in this blog. My posts will be a series of "lab book" entries as I explore the Buttered Side ...
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Buttered Toast Master
Scientist, liberal arts college graduate, father.... I am currently employed as an industrial scientist. I created this blog to experiment with a blogged lab book on a topic that is broadly accessible. I have slowly expanded its scope to include musings on economics, society, family, and any other topic that seems relevant. Some topics deserve scientific treatment, even if they could never obtain grant funding.
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