Euler's disk
Disco de Euler
- Date
- 1987-1990 · confidence high
- Place
- United States
- Credited to
- Joseph Bendik
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What it is
A scientific toy —a metal disk that spins and rolls on a flat surface— invented by engineer Joseph Bendik to illustrate precession dynamics and energy dissipation, named by him after Leonhard Euler.
What it led to
- Physics studies on the finite-time singularity of the stopping motion
- Educational use in teaching classical mechanics
- Commercial desk-toy replicas