New way to calculate how long it would take to fall through a hole in the Earth
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 08:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org)—Alexander Klotz a student at McGill University in Canada has calculated a new answer to the commonly asked physics question, how long would it take a person to fall all the way through the Earth? Instead of the commonly accepted 42 minutes, he claims it is 38. He has published his reasoning, math and conclusions in a paper published in The American Journal of Physics.