There's something in the way you move
Nov 3, 2004
Have you ever had the experience of gliding
effortlessly across a dance floor with a partner
of rugby-player proportions, yet endured
a swollen ankle minutes later from the quickstep
of someone half the size? Why does one
twin sister seem to be "hard" on shoes while
the other can make a pair last twice as long?
The explanation for counterintuitive phenomena
like these lies in the study of friction
and wear -- a field known as tribology -- and
an increasingly rich source of tribological
data come from the science of sport.
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