PREMIO BONACINI – Dalla giostra al satellite: forze agenti su corpi in moto rotatorio

Bonacini prize 1995/96: “From the merry-go-round to the satellite: forces acting on rotating bodies”. The article, taken from the report of the first classified work. describes three experiments: the growth of small wheat plants on a turntable rotating night and day, the modifications of the surface of a liquid on a small rotating basin; the motion of a sphere launched along the radius of a rotating platform.