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At 11:47 AM 5/6/02, Ron Curtin at Charlotte wrote:
>A student asked me a question that I have heard before, but I don't know a
>good answer. If you spin a class ring on a table top, it spins around so
>that the heavy part (the front of the ring) always moves up to a position
>furthest above the tabletop. It doesn't matter if the heavy part of the
>ring starts at the bottom or at the top. The student and I wonder why this
>happens.
At 12:21 PM 5/6/02, I responded like this:
There was a recent paper published on the spinning hard boiled egg
from some Oxford people: the detail is quite intimidating.
I seem to remember it was reported on a list or in New Scientist.
If no one else gives a proper reference, I will follow up.