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Published online 25 October 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051024-3
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How to keep four feet on the ground
Mathematical proof ends wobbly table woes.
Do you always get the wobbly table at restaurants and cafés? Don't despair. A physicist has proved that, within reasonable limits, it is always possible to rotate the table to a position where all four legs stand solidly on the ground.
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