Computational physics is fun

[crazycolin]

Did you know that golf balls typically have a concave-up trajectory due to rotational Magnus forces (think curve-ball), and that these forces allow the balls to fly significantly further than if they weren't rotating? I didn't, until I wrote a Python script to calculate it. Also, the dimples in the ball disrupt the air around it, which decreases

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[spiffsupreme]

But what will happen if you launch the ball out of a potato cannon?

Your graph is giving me some sweet ideas for golf pranks.

[crazycolin]

What is physics for, if not pranks?

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[anonymous]

Everything has improved extremely grateful to you for the sper working in the whole program ..

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[anonymous]

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