Making Things Spark: Physics Labs for Fun

Wed, 28 Jan 2009

Stacking blocks

How far outboard can you stack blocks before they tip over? Answer, pretty far. In theory, you can get the top block as far from the bottom as you have patience to build your tower. In practice, to get a collection of 4 inch blocks over one foot will take a stack of 45 or so. To get it over a yard will take about 45,000 blocks.

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