Secrets of successful stone-skipping

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6969, 2004, Pages 29-

  Clanet, Christophe ^a   Hersen, Fabien ^b   Bocquet, Lydéric ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; LEISURE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; STONE SKIPPING; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY;

HUMANS; MECHANICS; MOTION; SPORTS; WATER;

EID: 0347719241     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/427029a     Document Type: Article

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