The Gravity of Cartoon Physics; or, Schrödinger’s Coyote

When Wile E. coyote goes off a cliff, instead of falling in a parabolic arc, he comes to a halt in mid-air, hangs there until he realizes that he is no longer on solid ground, then falls. Many critics and, indeed, the creators of the cartoons themselves, describe this as “cartoon physics,” which bre...

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Main Author: Victor Kennedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2018-04-01
Series:ELOPE
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Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/7850