The Gömböc, the Turtle and the Evolution of Shape - Gabor Domokos

Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures: Gábor Domokos - The Gömböc, the Turtle and the Evolution of Shape

Gábor Domokos talks about the mathematical journey that led to the creation of the Gomboc, the shape which has just one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium.

In 1995, Russian mathematician V.I. Arnold conjectured that convex, homogeneous solids with just two static balance points (weebles without a bottom weight) may exist. Ten years later the first ‘Gömböc’ was built. Gábor Domokos, will describe his own part in the journey of discovery, the mathematics behind that journey and the curious relationship between the Gömböc and the turtle. He will also discuss Arnold’s second major conjecture: the Gömböc in nature is not the origin, but the ultimate goal of shape evolution.

[zbnmth]

dr. Domokos pronounces Gömböc natively at 50:34, otherwise Anglicised.

[wendolinmendoza]

The YT channel Action Lab made a video on the gömböc shape, with a 3D printed one. The STL file is available in the description of the video for everybody to download and print it... as long as you have access to a 3D printer :)

[timothyzikos]

is a sphere all stable or unstable points?

[klj]

Can’t understand what he saying, because of his accent and I’m too stupid

[ATLTraveler]

I came here just to hear his pronounce it and he doesn't even say it LMAO...