How a 19th Century Math Genius Taught Us the Best Way to Hold a Pizza Slice

By Aatish Bhatia · Wired · September 2014

$How a 19th Century Math Genius Taught Us the Best Way to Hold a Pizza Slice$

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"Why does bending a pizza slice help you eat it? How does a mantis shrimp's punch use a Pringles chip? A surprising geometrical link between curvature and strength."

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