Turns out, there is some scientific debunkery to the urban legend of cow tipping.
A cow of 1.45 metres in height pushed at an angle of 23.4 degrees relative to the ground would require 2,910 Newtons of force, equivalent to 4.43 people, she wrote.
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Weekend Diversion: The Mathematics of Cow Tipping
The Times looks at the science of cow tipping (Via the Indiana Homeschool Blog)
Ms Boechler, now a trainee forensics analyst for the Royal Canadian Mounted Corps, concluded in her initial report that a cow standing with its legs straight would requir…
Trackback by Myopic Zeal — November 6, 2005 @ 12:49 pm
Now, is cow tipping a myth, or could the physics argument be debunked. Cow tipping is an event done at our local rodeos, it only takes one puny redneck.
Comment by bob — November 6, 2005 @ 6:24 pm