Dan Seitz

11%
Flag icon
Much like a guitar string, the more tension in a bridge, the more likely it is to vibrate at higher frequencies. If you gradually decrease the tension in a guitar string, the note it plays will get lower, until the string becomes too slack to play any note at all. The Millennium Bridge had been accidentally tuned to around 1 Hertz. But not in the normal up-and-down direction; it wobbled from side to side.
Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
Rate this book
Clear rating
Open Preview